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https://www.europesays.com/people/79507/ Court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #california #Courts #ElonMusk #GeneralNews #GregBrockman #HelenToner #Juries #lawsuits #MicrosoftCorp #oakland #OpenAIInc #SamAltman #SatyaNadella #StevenMolo #TashaMcCauley #Technology #USNews #WilliamSavitt #XCorp #YvonneGonzalezRogers
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Court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal court on Monday dismissed claims filed against OpenAI and …
#UnitedStates #US #USA #artificialintelligence #business #California #courts #ElonMusk #generalnews #GregBrockman #HelenToner #Juries #Lawsuits #MicrosoftCorp #Musk #oakland #OpenAIInc #SamAltman #SatyaNadella #StevenMolo #TashaMcCauley #technology #U.S.News #WilliamSavitt #XCorp. #YvonneGonzalezRogers
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https://www.europesays.com/at/166421/ „Gelddruckmaschine“ – US-Jury weist Musks Klage gegen OpenAI ab #ElonMusk #GregBrockman #kalifornisches #Microsoft #Musk #Musks #Nachrichten #News #OpenAI #SamAltman #SavittStreit #Schlagzeilen #StevenMolo #tesla #TopMeldungen #WilliamSavitt #xAI
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9News | Musk loses bitter legal fight against his arch-enemy by 9News
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Elon Musk’s February 2024 lawsuit against OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman was dismissed after a jury found the case barred by the statute of limitations, a decision the judge said she would adopt as her own. The jury concluded that Musk, who helped co‑found and fund OpenAI with $38 million, was aware of the organization’s shift toward a for‑profit arm as early as 2021 and that his claim—that the firm “stole a charity” and unjustly enriched its leaders—was untimely. OpenAI’s attorneys emphasized that the company remains a mission‑driven non‑profit, that Musk’s donations carried no obligation to keep it that way, and that his lawsuit was a “hypocritical attempt to sabotage a competitor.” Musk, who left OpenAI in 2018 and launched his own AI firm xAI in 2023, has called the judge “terrible” and announced plans to appeal the verdict.
#ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #GregBrockman #JudgeRogers #xai #Google #ShivonZilis #IlyaSutskever #Microsoft #world #YvonneGonzalezRogers #MarcToberoff #WilliamSavitt
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yahoo news | Musk loses OpenAI court battle after jury finds he waited too long to sue
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A California jury rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, ruling unanimously that Musk’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations and therefore could not be considered on the merits. Musk had alleged that Altman breached a non‑profit agreement by turning OpenAI into a for‑profit company after Musk’s early $38 million donation, and also accused Microsoft of aiding the transition; the latter claims were dismissed as a matter of law. The verdict, reached after about two hours of deliberation following three weeks of testimony and document review, marked another courtroom loss for Musk. He responded on X, calling the decision a “free license to loot charities” and pledging an appeal, while OpenAI’s representatives hailed the outcome as a “tremendous victory” for the justice system and reaffirmed their commitment to developing safe AI for humanity.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jury-tosses-elon-musks-lawsuit-174415706.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
#ElonMusk #SamAltman #OpenAI #Microsoft #Californiajury #SatyaNadella #CarlTobias #SamSinger #WilliamSavitt #MarcToberoff
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https://www.europesays.com/people/65594/ What Sam Altman’s lawyer learned from RBG and driving a cab #BusinessInsider #CabDriver #ElonMusk #JusticeRuthBaderGinsburg #Lipton #Rosen&Katz #SamAltman #wachtell #WilliamSavitt #YoungLawyer #YoungLawyers
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https://www.europesays.com/people/65524/ Elon Musk accuses Google co-founder of loving robots as much as people: ‘Larry Page called me a ‘specieist” #ElonMusk #Google #JamesCameron #LarryPage #MuskFoundation #SamAltman #WilliamSavitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/56106/ Meet the lawyer who beat ‘forced’ Elon Musk for to buy Twitter in 2022 and is now defending Sam Altman’s OpenAI #ElonMusk #LegalBattle #Musk #OpenAI #SamAltman #Twitter #TwitterLawsuit #WilliamSavitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/55269/ Who is William Savitt? Sam Altman hires lawyer who beat Elon Musk once before #ElonMusk #Lipton #OpenAI #Rosen&Katz #SamAltman #wachtell #WilliamSavitt
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Times of India | Who is William Savitt? Sam Altman hires lawyer who beat Elon Musk once before
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William Savitt, a senior partner at the prestigious firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, is now leading Sam Altman’s legal team in a high‑stakes federal lawsuit in Oakland that pits OpenAI against Elon Musk, who claims Altman turned the originally nonprofit venture into a profit‑driven company. Savitt, renowned for his courtroom skill, previously forced Musk to complete the multibillion‑dollar Twitter acquisition in 2022 after Musk tried to back out, and he is leveraging that experience to argue that Musk’s suit is competitive rather than principled, aimed at weakening OpenAI to benefit his own AI firm, xAI. Aside from his landmark corporate work, Savitt’s unconventional background includes playing in rock bands, driving a taxi, and writing for magazines before earning a Columbia degree, clerking for Judge Pierre Leval and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and spending three decades handling complex mergers, shareholder disputes, and Delaware corporate law—all while keeping guitars in his office and recording music in his spare time.
#WilliamSavitt #SamAltman #ElonMusk #OpenAI #WachtellLipton #RuthBaderGinsburg #PierreLeval
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https://www.europesays.com/people/55014/ He beat Elon Musk in court once. Sam Altman hired him to do it again. #CorporateLitigation #ElonMusk #RuthBaderGinsburg #SamAltman #SupremeCourtClerk #Twitter #wachtell #WilliamSavitt
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He beat Elon Musk in court once. Sam Altman hired him to do it again.
Elon Musk, William Savitt and Sam AltmanGetty Images William Savitt is representing Sam Altman in Elon Musk’s lawsuit…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #corporatelitigation #ElonMusk #Musk #RuthBaderGinsburg #SamAltman #SupremeCourtclerk #twitter #Wachtell #WilliamSavitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/54984/ He beat Elon Musk in court once. Sam Altman hired him to do it again. #CorporateLitigation #ElonMusk #Musk #RuthBaderGinsburg #SamAltman #SupremeCourtClerk #Twitter #wachtell #WilliamSavitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/52189/ The Real Stakes Behind Musk’s Showdown With Sam Altman #Business #ElonMusk #GregBrockman #JaredBirchall #lawsuits #Microsoft #OpenAI #SamAltman #SpaceX #StuartRussell #Technology #Tesla #WilliamSavitt #xAI
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https://www.europesays.com/people/51716/ Elon Musk testifies as trial against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman begins #Alphabet #AmazonCom #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #california #ElonMusk #GeneralNews #GregBrockman #Inc #InformationTechnology #LarryPage #MarkZuckerberg #MicrosoftCorp #Musk #oakland #OpenAIInc #SamAltman #SatyaNadella #SergeiBrin #StevenMolo #Technology #Tesla #Trials #USNews #WilliamSavitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/51568/ Elon Musk spars with OpenAI attorney in trial over AI company’s origins #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #california #ElonMusk #GeneralNews #LegalProceedings #Musk #oakland #SamAltman #Technology #Trials #WilliamSavitt #YvonneGonzalezRogers
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The New Republic | Elon Musk Demolishes His Own Case Against OpenAI as He Takes the Stand by Hafiz Rashid
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Elon Musk’s testimony in the Oakland federal court has unraveled his own lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, with the tech billionaire repeatedly evading yes‑or‑no questions, claiming memory lapses, and losing his temper while accusing Altman’s counsel of trickery; the judge noted his occasional difficulty, and opposing lawyer William Savitt highlighted contradictions in Musk’s statements—such as his claim of never losing his temper, his admission that a 2016 email warned OpenAI might have been a mistake to remain nonprofit, and his acknowledgment that he never read the 2017 term‑sheet converting OpenAI to a for‑profit entity—culminating in a courtroom outburst that underscored Musk’s ego and left his case looking increasingly untenable.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/209810/elon-musk-openai-trial-testimony-stand
#ElonMusk #SamAltman #OpenAI #YvonneRogers #Neuralink #YvonneGonzalezRogers #WilliamSavitt
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US Top News and Analysis | OpenAI trial live updates: Musk takes the stand again after heated cross-examination
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Elon Musk returned to the stand for a third time on Thursday as the OpenAI trial entered its fourth day, facing heated cross‑examination by OpenAI’s lawyer William Savitt. Musk reiterated that he lost trust in Sam Altman by late 2022, citing Microsoft’s $10 billion investment in 2023 as the tipping point that convinced him the company’s for‑profit arm had overtaken its original nonprofit mission, effectively “stealing the charity” he helped seed with $38 million. He argued that a small for‑profit subsidiary could support the nonprofit, but it should not become the “main event.” After Musk’s testimony, his attorneys are expected to call Jared Birchall, the manager of Musk’s family office, and possibly Greg Brockman and Stanford professor Stuart Russell as additional witnesses. The case is overseen by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in federal court in Oakland, California.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/openai-trial-elon-musk-sam-altman-live-updates.html
#ElonMusk #WilliamSavitt #SamAltman #OpenAI #Microsoft #GregBrockman #YvonneGonzalezRogers #JaredBirchall #StuartRussell
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https://www.europesays.com/people/50895/ Visibly irritated on stand, Musk defends his financial commitment to OpenAI #AiSpace #company #ElonMusk #FinancialCommitment #ForProfitBusiness #GregBrockman #IlyaSutskever #juror #Musk #nonprofit #OpenAI #question #Safety #SamAltman #trial #WilliamSavitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/50644/ Elon Musk to return to witness stand for cross-examination by OpenAI’s lawyer #CEOOfTesla #CrossExamination #ElonMusk #GregBrockman #lawyer #Musk #SamAltman #WilliamSavitt
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https://www.europesays.com/people/50446/ Elon Musk Blasts OpenAI ‘Bait-and-Switch’ During Heated Testimony #AICompany #brockman #ForProfitTransition #HeatedTestimony #Investment #jury #lawsuit #Microsoft #mission #Musk #OpenAI #SamAltman #SecondDay #SpaceXCEO #WilliamSavitt
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4 things you missed from Elon Musk’s testy second day on the stand at OpenAI trial
Elon Musk took the stand in the OpenAI trial and faced nearly three hours of cross-examination from OpenAI’s…
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https://www.europesays.com/people/50121/ 4 things you missed from Elon Musk’s testy second day on the stand at OpenAI trial #CrossExamination #ElonMusk #Musk #OpenAI #SamAltman #ShivonZilis #WilliamSavitt
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qwant news | Sam Altman trial didn't even make it past jury selection before Musk started getting clowned on
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The article details the opening day of the Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman lawsuit, in which Musk accuses OpenAI’s CEO of betraying the nonprofit mission he helped fund, while Altman’s team argues Musk simply wanted a for‑profit version of the company. During jury selection, several prospective jurors expressed strong negative feelings toward Musk—some calling him “a greedy, racist, homophobic piece of garbage” and others a “world‑class jerk”—but only one claimed they could not be impartial. Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers acknowledged the widespread dislike for Musk but emphasized that jurors can still uphold the integrity of the process. The trial’s substantive arguments remain unresolved, with both sides framing the case as a clash between altruism and greed.
#SamAltman #ElonMusk #OpenAI #MuskvAltman #nonprofit #YvonneGonzalesRogers #WilliamSavitt
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NPR Topics: News | As trial against OpenAI begins, Elon Musk seeks Sam Altman's ouster by John Ruwitch
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Elon Musk has taken Sam Altman and other OpenAI leaders to court in Oakland, alleging that they illegally turned the nonprofit they co‑founded into a for‑profit enterprise, enriching themselves and violating the original charitable mission. Musk’s lawsuit seeks to reverse the 2019 conversion, force Altman, President Greg Brockman and Microsoft to return billions of “ill‑gotten” profits, and remove Altman from the nonprofit board and both Altman and Brockman from the for‑profit company’s officer roles. Musk’s attorney argues the shift compromised AI safety and created a concentration risk, while OpenAI counters that the for‑profit arm was a necessary, agreed‑upon step that has not altered its mission. The trial, expected to last about three weeks, will feature testimony from Musk, Altman, Brockman, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and key OpenAI researchers.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5801438/musk-altman-openai-trial-opening-statements
#ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #GregBrockman #Microsoft #SteveMolo #SatyaNadella #WilliamSavitt
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The Copenhagen Post | Elon Musk accuses OpenAI of profiting from AI by Ritzau
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A California court has begun hearing Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that after Musk’s $38 million investment the founders betrayed his original vision of benefiting humanity by turning the company into a profit‑driven venture; Musk claims the shift to commercial goals has helped OpenAI grow to a valuation of $852 billion, prompting his legal challenge.
Read more: https://cphpost.dk/2026-04-28/global/elon-musk-accuses-openai-of-profiting-from-ai/
#ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #Californiacourt #AI #WilliamSavitt