[AI influence. on the CLARiiON serverSan Franciscomessage]On June 3, 2026, the case of Elon Musk vs. OpenAI and its CEO Ultraman, a high-profile lawsuit of the century in the global technology community, reached a climax in a California court. With the release of a large number of core trial testimonies and historical emails, although this lawsuit has not yet reached a final verdict, the inside story disclosed has clearly demonstrated to the world that on the development path of artificial intelligence,"non-profit" and "General Artificial Intelligence (AGI)" There is an irreconcilable underlying physical contradiction.
Email foreshadowing for 2018: AI is a gold-eating beast
According to the Associated Press (AP) Technology reporters reported from the trial today that a private email sent by Musk to Ultraman and the co-founder of OpenAI in 2018 became the focus of the audience. At the time, Musk wrote in an email: "Even if we raised hundreds of millions of dollars, it would not be enough. This requires immediate investment of billions of dollars a year or simply give up (competing with Google)."
The exposure of this evidence is at a very dramatic juncture. today'sOpenAI's market value has soared to a staggering $852 billion and is in the midst of preparations for its historic Wall Street IPO. Musk's complaint accuses OpenAI of betraying its original vision of non-profit charity "for the well-being of all mankind" and transforming itself into a greedy capital giant. However, OpenAI defense lawyers used this email to forcefully counterattack: Even Musk himself knew eight years ago that without introducing huge commercial capital, it was impossible to buy enough chips, power and data centers to support AGI's research and development.
Investment turn: From "venture capital game" to "factory expansion"
Cornell Institute of Technology (Karan Girotra, professor of innovation business at Cornell Tech, pointed out after attending the trial that the lawsuit completely revealed the cruel truth of the AI industry's transition from ideal to reality. In the early days of OpenAI's establishment, AI research and development was a very high-risk "speculative experiment"; today, in 2026, AI has long been proven to be a productivity engine that will definitely work.
"Now, capital investment in AI is no longer a coin-guessing venture capital, but a traditional industrial investment." "It's like consumers are queuing up like crazy to buy your car," Girotella said."Your only task now is to spend money to build a physical factory before demand explodes."
The industry consensus demonstrated by the trial made many technological idealists sigh. in the world's majorIn 2026, when AI giants head for the public stock market (Wall Street Debts), this lawsuit essentially declares the end of an era: the future direction of artificial intelligence will inevitably be co-steered by commercial interests, capital efficiency, and the ability to withstand the "annual R & D costs of tens of billions."