Federal Jury Rules Against Elon Musk In OpenAI Lawsuit

The jury found all of Musk's claims against the company and Altman to have exceeded the statute of limitations.

A federal jury ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its non-profit roots, finding that neither the company nor CEO Sam Altman could be held liable in the matter.

Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI in 2015, but left in 2018 after he was unable to persuade its other leaders to have OpenAI merge with Tesla or create a for-profit entity led by him to attract the investment needed to meet the needs.

In the lawsuit, Musk accused OpenAI of violating its founding mission as a non-profit to develop AI for the benefit of humanity when the start-up created a for-profit entity in 2019.

The jury delivered a unanimous verdict after deliberating for less than two hours, following 11 days of testimony and arguments. They found all of Musk’s claims against the company and Altman to have exceeded the statute of limitations. Meaning, he waited to long to bring the case.

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