OpenAI trial heads to jury in Musk case (opens in new tab)

Lawyers for Elon Musk, OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman made closing arguments Thursday in federal court in Oakland, California, in Musk’s lawsuit over the ChatGPT maker’s shift from a nonprofit AI lab toward a for-profit business structure. The nine-person jury is set to deliberate on whether OpenAI and its leaders are liable for claims including breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment. Musk, an OpenAI co-founder who left the company in 2018, filed the lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman and ...