A recent court filing has shed light on an intriguing attempt by Elon Musk to secure Mark Zuckerberg's involvement in a substantial $97.4 billion bid to acquire Sam Altman's OpenAI. This revelation, disclosed in a court filing made by OpenAI before the Northern District of California federal court, came as part of the ongoing legal dispute between Musk and the ChatGPT maker. The move itself was surprising, given that it occurred roughly a year and a half after the two prominent tech billionaires were publicly at odds, even contemplating a physical cage fight.

OpenAI specifically alleged in its filing that Musk had identified Mark Zuckerberg as one of the individuals with whom he had communicated regarding potential financing for a deal to purchase the company behind ChatGPT. Furthermore, OpenAI claimed that the Tesla CEO had disclosed these communications with Zuckerberg during sworn interrogations. The Sam Altman-led company, renowned for its AI chatbot ChatGPT, has formally sought directions from a federal judge to compel Meta Platforms to produce various documents and all forms of communication pertaining to OpenAI.

In its quest for transparency, OpenAI also requested orders for Meta to disclose documents