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Liz Lopatto

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259 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

So depending on what's in those text messages, and it seems like there's some very real stuff about Elon Musk's business in there, because like not only is this woman like, you know, the mother of his his children, she also is involved in a number of his companies.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

Like, I believe she worked at Tesla and Neuralink.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

So, you know, who knows what's in there?

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

So that's, again, like, you got to keep in mind, there's this IPO that's about to happen.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

And anything that comes out about, you know, XAI, for instance, is potentially an issue.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

Right.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

I'm just sort of imagining.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

I don't have any evidence that this is true, and maybe we won't get it.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

But let's imagine that somewhere in the texts, she expresses reservations about an AI model that goes on to be incorporated into XAI or autopilot a Tesla.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

That is something that is pretty important to a lot of people.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

who are invested in those companies.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

So that to me is really the risk for Musk, is that there is some damaging information in his sort of bank of information that he hasn't fully prepared for or fully thought about how much he can hurt himself here.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

There can potentially be blowback.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

Yeah, I think that's right.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

And again, this is why the timing is so interesting to me.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

Because one of the other things about this SpaceX IPO is that...

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

And Musk has been very clear about wanting to reserve some chunk of it for retail investors, which to me seems like, oh, you're going to dump on retail.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

That's horrible.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

But, you know, like the positive case, of course, is that, well, this is potentially going to be one of the most important companies of our time.

The Vergecast
Musk and Altman go to court

So we should let the little guys get in on it, too.