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Elon Musk lost his case against Sam Altman

A jury in Oakland found that Elon Musk's claims against Sam Altman and OpenAI were barred by the statute of limitations, resulting in a loss for Musk. The jury's verdict was advisory, but U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the decision, dismissing all charges. The three-week trial centered on Musk's accusation that OpenAI had strayed from its founding nonprofit mission.

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After around two hours of deliberation, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict in Musk v. Altman, the tech trial of the year. The group found that two claims were barred by the statute of limitations, and a third failed thanks to the dismissal of one of these. Elon Musk lost his case against Sam Altman The Musk v. Altman jury dismissed all charges due to the statute of limitations. The Musk v. Altman jury dismissed all charges due to the statute of limitations. The jury here is an advisory jury, meaning the group is installed solely to offer another opinion to the judge, and its verdict is technically not legally binding. Ultimately, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is the ultimate legal authority — and she accepted the decision. The jury found that Musk’s claim for breach of charitable trust was barred by the statute of limitations, and the claim that Microsoft aided and abetted such a breach failed with it. Restitution is also barred by the statute of limitations, the jury found. Musk v. Altman has taken over a federal courtroom in Oakland for three weeks, with the core accusation being that OpenAI strayed from its founding mission and that Musk’s money was earmarked for a nonprofit in particular. Musk alleges that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman breached OpenAI’s charitable trust and participated in unjust enrichment at Musk’s expense. He also alleges that Microsoft aided and abetted the two in breach of charitable trust. Both sides have used every opportunity to smear each other — and through salacious evidence and eyebrow-raising testimony, both sides have come out looking somehow even less trustworthy than when the court process began.

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