Elon Musk accuses lawyer of trying to trick him in high-stakes trial

'Your questions are not simple. They're designed to trick me'

Elon Musk arrives at the US District Court in Oakland, California, on Tuesday. Picture: Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP

Elon Musk on Wednesday accused a lawyer for Sam Altman of trying to trick him during a tense cross-examination at a high-stakes trial over Musk's lawsuit alleging ​OpenAI ditched its mission to build artificial intelligence for the public good.

William Savitt, a lawyer for OpenAI, told Musk his questions about the tax benefits Musk reaped by donating $38m to OpenAI were simple, and that Musk's responses should be as well.