Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability

Published: (May 6, 2026 at 07:37 PM EDT)
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Source: The Verge

Source: The Verge

Testimony Overview

I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone’s minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing?

Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk’s children, was… what’s the best way to characterize this?

  • Role: She denies being a “chief of staff,” but says she worked for Musk’s “entire AI portfolio: Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI” starting in 2017.
  • Connection: The two met through OpenAI.
  • Relationship: She described a “one‑off” encounter that was “romantic in nature” before they became “friends and colleagues.”

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