A federal jury court in California has ruled in favor of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman in a lawsuit filed against them by Elon Musk.
Source: “Bukvy”
The court in Oakland concluded that OpenAI’s leadership did not violate any agreements with Musk and did not obtain illegal benefits during the company’s transition into a commercial structure. The verdict is considered a significant setback for Musk, who argued that OpenAI had deviated from its original charitable mission.
In his lawsuit, the billionaire sought the redistribution of $134 billion from OpenAI’s commercial arm to its nonprofit structure and also demanded the removal of Altman and Brockman from leadership positions.
The trial lasted three weeks and became one of the most high-profile cases in the field of technology and artificial intelligence. Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified in the case. The parties presented internal correspondence, messages, and documents related to the founding of OpenAI and its structural changes.
Musk claimed that he had allegedly been misled during the founding of OpenAI in 2015, when the company was created as a nonprofit project “for the benefit of humanity,” but later shifted, according to him, to a for-profit model.
OpenAI rejected these allegations, stating that Musk was informed about plans to create a commercial arm at early stages. The company’s lawyers also argued that the conflict arose after Musk’s unsuccessful attempt to gain control over OpenAI in 2018.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers agreed with the jury’s findings. Although the verdict is advisory in nature, the final court decision is expected to follow the jury’s position.
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