During a closed-door meeting that would decide the fate of OpenAI, what was everyone doing? According to Sam Altman's testimony in court: looking at memes.
Altman recalled a late-night meeting at Tesla. The atmosphere was tense, with both sides seriously debating whether to merge OpenAI into Tesla. Then Elon Musk suddenly pulled out his phone, interrupting the agenda to force everyone to look at the memes he had saved — and made them watch for a "very, very long time."
The absurd detail derailed the serious courtroom proceedings. According to Intelligencer's live coverage, the court reporter was so stunned by the bizarre turn of events that he stopped typing and interrupted Altman's testimony, asking him to repeat himself loudly: "Wait, what? Memes on his phone (MEMES ON HIS PHONE)?!"