{"id":248684,"date":"2026-05-18T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/musk-loses-case-against-openai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:05:09","slug":"musk-loses-case-against-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/musk-loses-case-against-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk loses case against OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Musk loses case against OpenAI<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/18\/tech\/openai-musk-lawsuit-verdict<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-18 13:36:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its leaders, a jury in Oakland, California, decided on Monday. A lawsuit he filed was barred by the statute of limitations, the jury found after about 90 minutes of deliberation.\n <\/p>\n

\n Their verdict was advisory, but Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she agrees with the jury.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe court now confirms the prior indication that it would accept the jury\u2019s findings as its own,\u201d Rogers said.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI think that there\u2019s a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury\u2019s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot,\u201d she added in court on Monday.\n <\/p>\n

\n Musk helped cofound and fund OpenAI, giving $38 million in its early years. He sued CEO Sam Altman, company president Greg Brockman, and OpenAI in February 2024, alleging that they \u201cstole a charity\u201d and unjustly enriched themselves\ufeff when they shifted to a structure that includes a for-profit arm.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI was a fool,\u201d Musk told the court earlier this month. \u201cI gave them free funding to create a startup.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Musk\u2019s case threatened to derail the ChatGPT maker as it plans what could be a blockbuster IPO. The jury\u2019s decision is a win for OpenAI and its founders, Altman and Brockman.\n <\/p>\n

\n OpenAI\u2019s attorneys argued the company\u2019s mission hasn\u2019t changed, that it\u2019s still run by a non-profit foundation board, and that Musk waited to file the suit until he founded his own competing artificial intelligence company, xAI. The jury agreed, finding that Musk was aware of the behavior discussed in the lawsuit as early as 2021.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe finding of the jury confirms that what this lawsuit was was a hypocritical attempt to sabotage a competitor,\u201d William Savitt, OpenAI\u2019s attorney, said on Monday after the verdict. \u201cThe…<\/p>\n

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