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OpenAI defeats Elon Musk in lawsuit over AI firm’s for-profit shift

RT News · · 328 words · By Russia Today
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“A US federal jury has rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech executives”
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Multiple independent news sources (RT World News, and other reports cited in web search) confirm that a US federal jury rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI executives.
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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 — 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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI since 2019. Altman attended Stanford…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman
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“Musk accused Altman, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and other executives of improperly turning the organization from a nonprofit research lab into a profit-driven business”
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Bloomberg, Business Insider, and Wikipedia all confirm that Musk accused Altman and Brockman of improperly transitioning OpenAI from a nonprofit to a for-profit business.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gregory Brockman (born November 29, 1987) is an American entrepreneur and software engineer. He is co-founder and president of OpenAI. He began his career at Stripe in 2010, upon leaving MIT, and beca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Brockman
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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 — 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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“the tech mogul said he had invested $38 million in the venture”
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While the evidence confirms the existence of the lawsuit, the specific figure of $38 million in investment is not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets.
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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(supercomputer)
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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 — 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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“sought $150 billion in damages, along with the removal of the company’s current leadership”
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The claim regarding $150 billion in damages is mentioned in one web search snippet ('Elon Musk Loses $150 Billion Suit'), but not corroborated by other provided sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Errol Graham Musk (born 25 May 1946) is a South African businessman, politician, mine-owner, and, as the father of Elon Musk, a member of the Musk family. He was an Independent member of the Pretoria …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Musk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Musk family is a prominent family with roots in South Africa, Canada, England, and the United States, whose most famous member is businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_family
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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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“He reportedly vowed to donate any compensation granted in the case to OpenAI’s nonprofit arm”
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Both RT World News and another web source report that Musk vowed to donate any compensation granted in the case to OpenAI's nonprofit arm.
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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
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web search NEUTRAL — He reportedly vowed to donate any compensation granted in the case to OpenAI’s nonprofit arm. In a ruling delivered on Monday, the nine-member jury reportedly found that Musk had waited too long to fi…
https://www.rt.com/news/640159-openai-altman-defeats-musk-co…
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web search NEUTRAL — Musk suit remains “baseless,” OpenAI says. Whether the jury’s ruling will be impacted by Musk’s efforts to update the remedies being sought will soon be tested, as the trial is expected to start this …
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/to-beat-altman-i…
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“the nine-member jury reportedly found that Musk had waited too long to file his lawsuit and missed the statutory deadline”
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RT World News reports that a nine-member jury found Musk missed the statutory deadline. Other sources confirm the loss but do not specify the jury size or the exact legal reason (statutory deadline) in the provided snippets.
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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(supercomputer)
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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 — 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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“Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers later adopted the verdict as the court’s own and dismissed Musk’s claims”
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web search NEUTRAL — A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel.
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web search NEUTRAL — Below are lists of judges serving in courts statewide: Note: Please do not contact a judge about a pending case. In most circumstances a judge is prohibited from discussing a pending case unless all p…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The meaning of JUDGE is one who makes judgments. How to use judge in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Judge.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judge
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“Musk only wanted to control OpenAI, and he was told in 2017 that the company would need financing that came with being a for-profit”
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The provided evidence for this claim discusses OpenAI's general structure but does not contain the specific defense claim that Musk wanted control or was told about for-profit financing in 2017.
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC) partially controlled by a nonprofit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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web search NEUTRAL — We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.
https://openai.com/
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“Altman testified that Musk once demanded a 90% stake in OpenAI”
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“proposed a merger between OpenAI and his electric car company Tesla”
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Two independent cross-references (CNBC and Axios) confirm that Musk proposed a merger between OpenAI and Tesla.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Musk suggested merging OpenAI with Tesla, his electric automaker
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/altman-musk-trial-testimony-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Altman testified that Musk wanted to profit from OpenAI and also to control it, citing Musk's early push for a controlling stake or a merger with Tesla.
https://axios.com/2026/05/13/openai-trial-sam-altman-elon-mu…
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“Open AI received a formal takeover offer from a consortium led by Musk’s rival company xAI in February 2025”
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