Anonymous2 days ago
A federal jury in Oakland, California unanimously rejected every claim in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft on May 18, 2026, finding that Musk filed too late under the statute of limitations after less than two hours of deliberation. The verdict — dismissed by Musk as a "calendar technicality" — avoids ruling on the substance of whether OpenAI betrayed its nonprofit mission, but raises pressing questions about donor standing, AI governance, and the legal viability of challenging nonprofit-to-for-profit conversions.