Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman: What to know as OpenAI trial opens

Here's the weather forecast for the next few weeks inside the federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif. — cloudy with a chance of tech world tea spillage. Jury selection began Monday in Musk v. Altman, the Elon Musk-Sam Altman courtroom showdown over a lawsuit Musk filed two years ago. But the 12 citizens chosen may not be ready for the level of messy drama that's about to unfold. How messy? Corporate litigation lawyer Andrew Staltman, who's been watching Musk's lawsuit unfold for years, has offered the most memorable summary so far. "We're about to witness the landing of the Hindenberg on the deck of the Titanic," Staltman told the Washington Post. "It's going to be crazy and nasty." That might sound like an over-the-top teaser for a pilot episode of "Real Housewives of Silicon Valley." But if anything, it undersells the reality-show fireworks that may go off during this trial. Altman (a noted fabulist, as this month's Ronan Farrow expose in the New Yorker made clear) and Musk (who has failed to keep his promises multiple times, most recently promises about Tesla's full self-driving capabilities) look set to talk about each other under oath. At stake in the long-awaited trial is wheth