Elon Musk’s legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab’s founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence. On Thursday, a federal court in Oakland heard a former employee and board member say the company’s efforts to push AI products into the marketplace compromised its commitment to AI safety. Rosie Campbell joined the company’s AGI readiness team in 2021, and left OpenAI in 2024 after her team was disbanded. Another safety-focused team, the Super Alignment team, was shut down in the same time period. “When I joined it was very research-focused and common for people to talk about AGI and safety issues,” she testified.…