Jury tosses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman
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A California jury dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, ruling that Musk had waited too long to file his claims (the statute of limitations, a legal deadline for when lawsuits must be filed, had expired). Musk had accused Altman of breaching a non-profit agreement by converting OpenAI to a for-profit company after Musk donated $38 million early in the company's history. The jury's decision means the case was dismissed on timing grounds rather than on the actual merits of Musk's accusations.
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Original source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewpyv79pw1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
First tracked: May 18, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%