Every morning during the Elon Musk–Sam Altman trial, before the jury files in, the lawyers from both sides hold their daily squabble sessions with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. They’re some of the most sharp-elbowed and revealing portions of the proceedings, as the attorneys debate with the judge over what is or isn’t fair game to discuss in front of the jury.
One morning the topic of Armageddon came up.
Musk’s attorney Steven Molo had been leaning into the existential dangers of…

