Jury rules against Elon Musk in $150 billion suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
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An Oakland, Calif., jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, after two hours of deliberation on Monday and three weeks of testimony.
Key facts
Musk’s lawsuit has asked for $150 billion in damages to be redirected to a charitable trust and requested an unwinding of OpenAI’s for-profit corporate structure
An Oakland, Calif., jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, after two hours of deliberation on Monday and three weeks of testimony
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
Lawyers for OpenAI erupted in cheers and clapping after the verdict was announced, according to Wired reporter Max Zeff
Summary
The nine-person jury did not rule on the merits of Musk’s 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. The court, led by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, agreed with the jury’s determination that Altman and OpenAI were not liable, and that “claims of breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment are dismissed as untimely.” Musk’s lawyer said he reserved the right to appeal, but the judge suggested he may have an uphill battle because the question of whether the statute of limitations ran out before Musk sued was a factual issue.