Jury Hands Elon Musk Embarrassing Loss Against OpenAI (opens in new tab)

A federal jury rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI Monday, in part because the statute of limitations had expired. Musk alleged that OpenAI, including Altman and company President Greg Brockman, had breached OpenAI’s charitable trust by turning the organization into a for-profit company. He also claimed that Microsoft had aided and abetted such a breach. An advisory jury at a court in Oakland, California, determined that Musk had waited too long to bring his $150 billio...