Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability

The Verge / 5/7/2026

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The article discusses Shivon Zilis’s testimony in the “Musk v. Altman” trial and highlights how her relationship to Elon Musk has become a focal point of scrutiny.
Zilis testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk’s children and described her work spanning Musk’s AI-related interests, including Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI, beginning in 2017.
She said she met Musk through OpenAI and confirmed that an early “one off” between them was romantic in nature before they became friends and colleagues.
The piece emphasizes that, despite her prominent loyalty to Musk, her involvement and statements create potential liabilities and raise questions about her motives and role.

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? A Musk advisor? She denies she was a "chief of staff" but says she worked for Musk's "entire AI portfolio: Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI" starting in 2017. The two met through OpenAI, and they had what she referred to as a "one off" before becoming "friends and colleagues." The "one off," she confirmed, was "romantic in nature."

Her …

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