Jury says Elon Musk was too late in case against Sam Altman |
Jury says Elon Musk was too late in case against Sam Altman
Jury says Elon Musk was too late in case against Sam Altman
A California federal jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman, ending the latest chapter in a nearly decade-long feud.
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The advisory verdict took less than two hours of deliberation from the jury, which listened to three weeks of testimony, including from both Musk, Altman, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
The nine-person jury told the court Musk took too long to file the lawsuit, missing the deadline for the three-year statute of limitations. As expected, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers agreed with the jury, throwing out all of Musk’s claims.
Musk announced on X later Monday he plans to file an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court, “because creating a precedent to loot charities is incredibly destructive to charitable giving in America.”
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the NYT reported William Savitt, the company’s lead counsel, said outside the courthouse he was “delighted” by the verdict.
The verdict is a major blow to Musk, who ratcheted up the dispute in 2024 by suing over OpenAI’s alleged shift away from its founding mission.
Musk and Altman founded OpenAI as a nonprofit in 2015 with former Stripe executive Brockman, computer scientist Ilya Sutskever and others. The Tesla CEO joined forces with Altman and the others to launch the company as he voiced concerns about AI safety.
Musk argued he was misled by the company........