While Court Was In Session

Three weeks of testimony. One very tired judge.Thursday was closing arguments day in the Musk v. Altman trial. Musk was in Beijing.His lead counsel Steven Molo opened by apologizing to the jury for his client's absence. "He's sorry he could not be here," Molo told them. He then extolled the importance of jury duty — to nine people who showed up every day — on behalf of a client who decided Beijing was more important than the ending of the trial he filed. As The Verge's Elizabeth Lopatto noted from the courtroom: "which is never a good sign in a closing statement."Altman and Brockman were both there.The arguments themselves covered familiar ground.Musk's team argued they proved OpenAI misused his donations and violated their duty to uphold the founding ethos. OpenAI countered that the $38 million had no specific strings attached, the mission continues in its current form, the lawsuit was filed too late, and Musk's own misconduct should prevent him from prevailing.The statute of…