India, May 1 -- In a dramatic week of testimony that has gripped the tech world, X CEO Elon Musk warned a federal courtroom that the pursuit of artificial intelligence without strict safeguards could lead to human extinction.

During a testimony in court for a case brought against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, Elon Musk on Thursday fired an AI doomsday warning, prompting the judge to cut him off.

On the stand in an Oakland, California, courtroom, Musk, who owns his own AI firm, warned about the grave consequences that AI can pose to humanity. "I have extreme concerns about AI," Musk noted, adding that the technology "could kill us all." Musk was appearing in a high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI when he compared the current trajectory ...