{"id":6633,"date":"2026-05-19T04:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=6633"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:01:18","slug":"jury-rules-against-elon-musk-in-lawsuit-against-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=6633","title":{"rendered":"Jury rules against Elon Musk in lawsuit against OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Oakland, Calif., jury rejected\u00a0Elon Musk\u2019s\u00a0claims against OpenAI and its CEO\u00a0Sam Altman, after just two hours of deliberation on Monday and three weeks of testimony.<\/p>\n

The nine-person jury did not rule on the merits of Musk\u2019s complaint that OpenAI violated its original nonprofit structure by evolving into a for-profit corporation, and instead said that Musk had not filed his lawsuit within the three-year statute of limitations, according to news reports.<\/p>\n

According to CNBC, the court, led by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, agreed with the jury\u2019s determination that Altman and OpenAI were not liable, and that \u201cclaims of breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment are dismissed as untimely.\u201d <\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s lawyer said he reserved the \u200bright to appeal, Reuters reported, but the judge suggested he may have an uphill battle because the question of whether the statute of limitations ran \u200bout before Musk sued was a factual issue. \u201cThere\u2019s a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury\u2019s \u2060finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n

The jury\u2019s rapid, unanimous decision follows a high profile, bitter courtroom battle between two of the tech industry\u2019s most powerful players, and could clear the way for OpenAI to move forward with a highly anticipated initial public stock offering. <\/p>\n

Lawyers for OpenAI erupted in cheers and clapping after the verdict was announced, according to Wired reporter Max Zeff. The decision deals a blow to Musk, the world\u2019s richest person, who sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, alleging they violated their commitment to keep the AI research lab as a nonprofit. Musk helped start OpenAI in 2015 but left the board three years later. Musk\u2019s lawsuit has asked for $150 billion in damages to be redirected to a charitable trust and requested an unwinding of OpenAI\u2019s for-profit corporate structure.<\/p>\n

Microsoft, which invested in OpenAI as early as 2019, was also named as a defendant in the suit, with Musk claiming the software giant aided and abetted the AI startup in its alleged breach of the charitable trust. The court said the claim against Microsoft was also dismissed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe facts and the timeline in this case have long been clear, and we welcome the jury\u2019s decision to dismiss these claims as untimely,\u201d Microsoft said in a statement shared with Fortune. \u201cWe remain committed to our work with OpenAI to advance and scale AI for people and organizations around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Fortune\u2019s Jeremy Kahn wrote in an analysis during the trial\u2019s first week, the judge and jurors in the case (the jury\u2019s verdict was merely advisory) needed to decide whether Altman\u2019s and OpenAI president Greg Brockman\u2019s communications with Musk around the formation of OpenAI established a formal \u201ccharitable trust\u201d and whether Altman and Brockman subsequently violated that trust when they restructured OpenAI so that its nonprofit board no longer had sole control over its for-profit arm. They also had to decide on Musk\u2019s allegations that Altman and Brockman unjustly enriched themselves as OpenAI reoriented from a research-oriented lab to being primarily a commercial entity.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost legal analysts say Musk\u2019s case is weak and that he\u2019s likely to lose,\u201d Kahn wrote. \u201cIn fact, I\u2019m surprised the case has even come to trial. I thought that Musk would opt to settle at the last minute. I had long assumed that this was one of those legal cases where the lawsuit itself was the whole point, not whether Musk ultimately prevailed.\u201d<\/p>\n

#Jury #rules #Elon #Musk #lawsuit #OpenAI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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