Elon Musk seems tired and cranky. On Thursday, he took the stand for the third day in a four-week trial stemming from his lawsuit alleging that OpenAI abandoned its mission and should be blocked from taking the company public later this year.

A federal judge had stern words for Elon Musk as she prepared to open the trial in his case against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman. "How can we get things done without you making things worse outside the courtroom?" she asked Musk.

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