Federal court rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 18, 2026 · 80 words · By Video by Wassim CORNET

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A federal jury ruled Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its co-founders, delivering a decisive victory to the ChatGPT startup and ending one of Silicon Valley's most closely watched courtroom battles.

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The swift decision caps a three-week trial that saw a parade of tech titans take the stand, with Musk arguing that OpenAI's pivot to a profit-driven business betrayed its original nonprofit mandate.

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FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.

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Claim 1: “The swift decision caps a three-week trial”

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Multiple sources confirm the timeline of the trial. Deutsche Welle states the trial is in its third week, and MIT Technology Review specifically references 'the final week of the Musk v. Altman trial' as 'week 3'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The legal affairs of Elon Musk encompass the legal cases involving Elon Musk as the plaintiff, defendant, or concerning his companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_Elon_Musk

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Musk Foundation is a United States–based charitable foundation funded and directed primarily by Elon Musk. The foundation is dedicated to promoting renewable energy, crewed space exploration, pedi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_Foundation

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Musk v. Altman was a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in which Elon Musk accused OpenAI and its executives, including CEO Sam Altman, of violating th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_v._Altman

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Claim 2: “Musk arguing that OpenAI's pivot to a profit-driven business betrayed its original nonprofit mandate”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that in the lawsuit 'Musk v. Altman', Elon Musk accused OpenAI and its executives of violating the company's founding agreement by prioritizing profit. This is further supported by multiple web search results detailing his claims about the pivot from non-profit to commercial.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colossus is a supercomputer developed by xAI. Construction began in 2024 in Memphis, Tennessee; the system became operational in July 2024. It is currently the world's largest AI supercomputer. Coloss…
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Claim 3: “A federal jury ruled Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its co-founders”

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The claim is explicitly confirmed by multiple independent sources, including Deutsche Welle and multiple web search results, stating that a federal jury ruled Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI.

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