内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/fancy-butt-pillows-musk-v-altman-trial/

内容总结：

庭审花絮：硅谷大佬们的“护臀神器”

在马斯克诉奥特曼一案的庭审现场，除了微软已为OpenAI投入超1000亿美元的惊人数字外，一个更为接地气的细节吸引了在场记者的目光：法庭内随处可见各式坐垫和靠枕。

由于法官罗杰斯法庭右侧的长椅又硬又冷，OpenAI和微软的律师、高管们纷纷自带“装备”缓解久坐之苦。OpenAI CEO奥特曼和总法律顾问张昌等约十人使用了厚实的黑色坐垫，其中不乏售价120美元的Purple品牌新款。奥特曼本人甚至曾将坐垫垫在背后。

OpenAI总裁布罗克曼夫妇更是“讲究人”。两人长期使用纯白的Coop品牌靠枕，其助手甚至每日手提紫色提包专门运送两个靠枕。周三，当布罗克曼夫妇坐定后，丈夫刚“裸坐”了一分钟，妻子便悄悄递过一个靠枕，看得记者们忍俊不禁。而OpenAI首席未来学家阿奇姆在换座后一度无枕可用，最终才拿到一个标准黑色坐垫。

相比之下，旁听席上的媒体记者们则“艰苦”得多。一名WIRED记者坦言，自己忍耐了六天臀部酸痛后，试图用东京奥运会发放的“冷却坐垫”救急，却因太薄太小而宣告失败。直到庭审第四小时，一位《纽约时报》记者和庭审画师最终“破防”用上了自己的靠垫。

一位资深科技律师表示，虽然法庭上使用坐垫并非惯例，但对于这场旷日持久的庭审而言，“也不算太离谱”。

中文翻译：

周三，马斯克诉奥特曼案庭审的最后几位迟来者出庭作证。除爆料微软已为其与OpenAI的合作投入超1000亿美元外，这些证人并未掀起太大波澜。不过，比起这条消息，我更想与你分享同事麦克斯韦·泽夫和我在旁听近三周庭审后，至今仍津津乐道的一个有趣发现——法庭里遍地都是坐垫。

美国地区法官伊冯娜·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯法庭右侧几排硬木长椅，是专为OpenAI及微软的律师、高管和其他辩护方成员预留的。包括OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼和总法律顾问车占在内，约有十来人得益于厚厚的黑色坐垫——其中最厚实的来自Purple品牌（塔吉特百货售价120美元）——让他们的臀部免遭数小时久坐之苦。有些坐垫带圆角，有些则是方形。周三，车占甚至把一个坐垫垫在背后，这在法庭上虽不常见，倒也不是破天荒之举。

OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼和妻子安娜旁听了庭审的大半程，两人都是纯白枕头的重度用户。从缝线处探出的标签判断，这些枕头似乎来自睡眠品牌Coop——该品牌售价35美元的双装替代羽绒抱枕正是如此。周三，一名OpenAI安保人员拎着紫色手提袋走进法庭，袋里装着给布罗克曼夫妇的枕头。安娜只让丈夫在没枕头的“遗忘之境”里煎熬了一分钟，便悄悄递过一个，自己才安顿好。我挺同情OpenAI首席未来学家约书亚·阿希姆的——他后来坐了布罗克曼的位子，却连一个枕头都没捞着（不过阿希姆最终还是搞到了一个更常规的黑色坐垫）。OpenAI未立即回应《连线》的置评请求。

一位资深技术律师告诉《连线》，使用坐垫或枕头虽不完全符合“惯例”，但“也不算太出格”。他个人表示，从未见过律师在自己审理的案件中使用枕头或坐垫，“但我参与的庭审也从没像这次持续这么多天”。此案的核心诉讼律师坐的是相对豪华的皮椅，不过有几张已显磨损，可见衬垫未必像外表那般结实。

我上次在这间法庭连坐数小时是2021年，当时报道《堡垒之夜》开发商Epic Games诉苹果案的部分庭审。但那时因疫情限制上座率，我还能伸展自如。这次法庭几乎座无虚席——容纳约150人，其中长椅可坐90人。四月底庭审首日，坐下大约一小时后，我就想过自带坐垫——毕竟这些长椅实在硬得难受。但我不想显得娇气。在场的二十多名记者中（包括一位孕妇），起初似乎没人带坐垫。于是我的臀部和后背在连续六天的折磨中愈发酸痛。

上周某个格外难熬的上午过后，我终于决定求助外援。我没找到专为体育场看台设计的厚坐垫，只得翻出去年东京奥运会户外场馆发的那种“清凉”坐垫。周三早晨头回用上，不到两秒我就断定这东西适得其反——太小太薄，毫无缓解作用。拼命敲打关于马斯克那尊据称曾拥有专属枕头的“蠢蛋奖杯”的笔记时，我的背部尤其紧张。四小时后，我彻底放弃了这枕头。但我注意到一位《纽约时报》记者最终也“缴械投降”，而法庭画师——她的坐垫色彩格外鲜艳——始终稳坐枕上。也许下周我会找到更好的缓解办法，届时冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯将听取关于潜在处罚的辩论。

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英文来源：

The final stragglers testified on Wednesday in the Musk v. Altman trial. The witnesses generated few waves, aside from the revelation that Microsoft has so far spent over $100 billion on its partnership with OpenAI. Rather than focus on that, I wanted to bring you a candid observation that my colleague Maxwell Zeff and I can’t stop talking about after spending nearly three weeks watching the trial.
The courtroom is littered with butt cushions.
Several of the hard, wooden benches on the right side of US district Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ courtroom are reserved for OpenAI and Microsoft’s attorneys, executives, and other members of the defense. About 10 people, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and general counsel Che Chang, have benefitted from thick black cushions—the plushest of them from the brand Purple; $120 from Target—that spare their butts from hours of sitting. Some cushions have rounded corners, while others are square. On Wednesday, Chang even put one behind his back, a less common but not unprecedented move in the courtroom.
OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, have watched a considerable portion of the trial—and have both been prolific users of pristine white pillows. Judging from the tags bursting from the seams, the pillows seem to be from the sleeping goods brand Coop, which sells a two pack of alternative down-filled throw pillows for $35.
On Wednesday, an OpenAI bodyguard carried a purple handbag into the courtroom, with a pillow for each of the Brockmans. Anna gave her husband just a minute to suffer in pillow-less oblivion before she discreetly passed one to him and then situated her own. I felt bad for OpenAI chief futurist Joshua Achiam, who later took Brockman’s seat but wasn’t left with either of the pillows. (Achiam eventually did obtain one of the more standard black cushions.)
OpenAI did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment.
One longtime technology lawyer told WIRED that using cushions or pillows isn't exactly "customary," but noted, "it's not totally out of left field." Personally, he said, he has never seen lawyers use pillows or cushions during his trials, but then again, he's "never been involved in a trial that has lasted as many days as that one."
The core litigators in this case sit in comparatively luxurious leather chairs, though a couple do show signs of fraying, so maybe the padding isn’t as robust as it appears.
My last time in this courtroom for an hours-long stretch was in 2021, covering portions of the Epic Games v. Apple trial. But capacity was limited back then because of Covid concerns, so I had plenty of room to stretch out. This time around, the courtroom has been filled nearly to its maximum capacity—about 150 people—including bench seats for up to 90.
I thought about bringing my own cushion roughly an hour into my first day of the trial at the end of April, because, well, these benches are deeply uncomfortable. But I didn't want to come off as weak. None of the other two dozen or so reporters regularly in attendance—including one who is pregnant—seemed to bring cushions, at least, initially. So I went through a run of six days with my bottom and back getting sorer by the minute.
Last week, after a particularly brutal morning, I finally decided to bring in some help. I couldn’t find the well-padded seat cushion meant for stadium bleachers, so I settled for a “cooling” cushion passed out at the steaming-hot outdoor venues at the Tokyo Olympics. About two seconds into using it on Wednesday morning for the first time, I ruled it counterproductive. It was too small and too thin to offer any relief. My back got particularly stressed when furiously typing notes about the Musk-inspired jackass trophy, which reportedly once had its own pillow.
Four hours in, I gave up on the pillow entirely. But I noticed one New York Times reporter who eventually caved, as well as the courtroom artist—who has a particularly colorful cushion—remained seated on their pillows. Maybe I’ll find a better remedy for next week, when Gonzalez Rogers will hear arguments about potential penalties.
Maxwell Zeff contributed to this report.
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