Jury rules against Elon Musk in court battle against Sam Altman, OpenAI | Flipboard

Flipboard · May 18, 2026 · 320 words · By CNBC; Lora Kolodny

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Jury rules against Elon Musk in court battle against Sam Altman, OpenAI A federal jury in Oakland, California, on Monday said Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over claims they allegedly … Ken Yeung flipped this story into The AI…

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Elon Musk’s xAI recently offered employees payments of $420 to hand over their completed tax returns for use in. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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Moderate concerns. Notable use of persuasive or loaded language.

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Claim 1: “Elon Musk’s xAI recently offered employees payments of $420 to hand over their completed tax returns for use in”

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Two independent sources (one citing Bloomberg and internal chats, another reporting on the failure to pay) confirm that xAI offered employees $420 to provide their tax returns as training data for Grok.

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web search NEUTRAL — "Elon Musk Launches xAI, His New Artificial-Intelligence Company"."Elon Musk-led consortium offers $100bn to take control of OpenAI". Financial Times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company)

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk’s xAI asked employees earlier this year to offer up their own tax returns as training data for the company’s Grok chatbot, promising a $420 payment as incentive for doing so. Two months late…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-18/musk-s-xa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk once promised to take Tesla private at $420. More recently, he’s been offering xAI employees $420 to hand over their private tax returns as training data for Grok, Bloomberg reports, citing …
https://sherwood.news/tech/musk-offered-and-has-yet-to-pay-x…

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Claim 2: “A federal jury in Oakland, California, on Monday said Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman”

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Three independent web search results confirm that a California jury ruled against Elon Musk, stating he waited too long to file his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman.

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web search NEUTRAL — A California jury has tossed out Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman. In a unanimous verdict, the jury agreed that Musk had waited too long to file his lawsuit, lea…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewpyv79pw1o

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web search NEUTRAL — Jury rules against Musk in lawsuit over OpenAI's shift from nonprofit, clearing legal hurdles for IPO.The jury ruled that Musk had waited too long to bring his lawsuit, finding Altman, co-founder Greg…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-loses-lawsuit-openai-ipo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jury tosses Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman. The jury ruled that Musk waited too long to sue and found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman and OpenAI not liable on all claims.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-elon-musk-case…

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