Be careful what you say to your AI chatbot. It’s not a psychiatrist – it’s a snitch | Arwa Mahdawi

TThe hottest new read of 2026 may be “The Secret Diary of 38-Year-Old Greg Brockman.” It’s all there: feuding billionaires, scheming CEOs and a perhaps somewhat unreliable narrator. You won’t find it in the library, but you can watch as Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI, is forced in court to read the juiciest passages aloud.

Before you ask ChatGPT for an explanation, here’s the backstory: Elon Musk is in a legal battle with Brockman and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Musk, a former OpenAI board member, accuses the men of violating the AI ​​company’s founding agreement by turning it into a for-profit company. Meanwhile, Altman and others argue that Musk is just upset that he doesn’t have control of the company and wants to topple his competitors.

Helpful to Musk, Brockman kept a diary during the company’s formative years. This has become central to the case. In an oft-quoted excerpt, Brockman writes, “What will get me to $1 billion financially?” Another investigated…