Elon Musk’s legal professionals claimed that he “doesn’t use a pc” in a Sunday courtroom submitting associated to his lawsuit towards Sam Altman and OpenAI. Nevertheless, Musk has posted footage or referred to his laptop computer on X a number of instances in latest months, and public proof means that he owns and seems to make use of at the least one laptop.
Musk and his synthetic intelligence startup xAI sued OpenAI in February 2024, alleging the corporate dedicated breach of contract by abandoning its founding settlement to develop AI “for the good thing about humanity,” selecting as a substitute “to maximise earnings for Microsoft.”
The Sunday courtroom submitting was submitted in opposition to a Friday submitting from OpenAI, which accused Musk and xAI of failing to totally adjust to the invention course of. OpenAI alleges that Musk’s counsel doesn’t plan to gather any paperwork from him. On this weekend’s submitting, Musk’s legal professionals declare that they instructed OpenAI on June 14 that they have been “conducting searches of Mr. Musk’s cell phone, having searched his emails, and that Mr. Musk doesn’t use a pc.”
Musk and xAI Corp’s legal professionals didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark. Within the submitting, Musk’s authorized crew disputed claims that it was resisting discovery efforts.
A number of staff at X inform WIRED that whereas Musk primarily works from his cell phone, he has often been seen utilizing a laptop computer.
Musk has additionally made public statements about computer systems he seems to personal within the latest previous. In December 2024, Musk posted an image of a laptop computer on X with a caption that begins, “It is a pic of my laptop computer.” The publish, made in reply to a 15-minute stream of a recreation from the Diablo online game collection, claims that he was “testing Starlink streaming whereas in flight,” suggesting that he was probably utilizing the laptop computer for skilled functions. Musk has streamed greater than 10 instances since August 2024, exhibiting what seems to be the desktop structure of the sport, often saying that he’s doing so to check Starlink’s streaming capability.
Musk has additionally made more moderen references to what seems to be the identical laptop computer. In Could 2025, Musk stated on X that he’s “Nonetheless utilizing my historic PC laptop computer with the @DOGE sticker made way back by a fan.” The publish was in reply to a person who requested what his gaming set-up is and whether or not it’s a “full gaming PC.” That person had been replying to a special 15-minute stream of Diablo.
The image Musk posted in reply exhibits a black laptop computer with AERO branding, a mode of laptop that sometimes runs Home windows and is widespread with avid gamers, with a sticker of a greenback invoice edited in homage to the memecoin “Doge.” (The memecoin later seems to have impressed the title of the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity.) Musk says in the identical publish that the laptop computer is three years outdated, and that the sticker was given to him by a person in Germany.
