One observation from Brockman and Sutskever’s emails.

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Every email to Musk starts with glowing compliments, and at times what even reads like groveling. I don’t know if the jury is noticing this, but I certainly am. I wonder how much ass-kissing Musk is accustomed to — probably a lot.

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One observation from Brockman and Sutskever’s emails.

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