Week 3 of the billion-dollar lawsuit trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, two of Silicon Valley’s most powerful men, got off to an important start as high-profile witnesses such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Ilya Sutskever, a former OpenAI co-founder and renowned AI researcher, took the stand on Monday, May 11. First, Nadella was subjected to several hours of questioning and gave answers pertaining to the early days of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, the relationship between the two tech companies, and his role during the chaotic few days after Altman was briefly ousted as CEO of OpenAI in 2023. Alongside OpenAI, Sam Altman, and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Microsoft is named as a defendant in Musk’s 2024 lawsuit alleging that OpenAI’s leadership went back on their vow to protect the AI company’s nonprofit structure and follow its charitable mission. In his lawsuit, Musk has accused Microsoft of aiding and abetting OpenAI’s purported breach of charitable trust.…