A federal jury ruled that Musk filed his case too late, rejecting claims that Altman breached a non-profit contract by shifting ChatGPT-maker to for-profit status.
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A California jury has dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman in a unanimous verdict, ruling that Musk filed the case after the statute of limitations had expired.
The jury's decision came after three weeks of proceedings during which jurors reviewed internal correspondence and heard testimony from witnesses including Musk, Altman, and Satya Nadella, chief executive of Microsoft. Jurors deliberated for approximately two hours before reaching their verdict.
Musk had accused Altman of breaching a non-profit contract by shifting OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, from a non-profit to a for-profit company. According to Musk's claims, Altman deceived him by accepting a $38 million charitable donation from Musk and then reneging on OpenAI's original mission to develop artificial intelligence technology for the benefit of humanity.
The jury's ruling handed a decisive victory to Altman and OpenAI. The case centered on whether Altman had betrayed the company's founding mission to serve the public good, a central claim in Musk's legal challenge.
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