All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging the company abandoned its original mission of advancing AI for humanity's benefit and instead prioritized profits. Key figures including Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Ilya Sutskever testified, with closing arguments delivered on May 14, 2026. Musk seeks the removal of Altman and Brockman, dissolution of OpenAI's public benefit status, and up to $150 billion in damages.
- ▪Elon Musk filed a lawsuit in 2024 claiming OpenAI strayed from its nonprofit, open-source mission.
- ▪Musk's legal team struggled during closing arguments, with errors and lack of evidence undermining their case.
- ▪Microsoft stated it found no documentation supporting Musk’s claims during its due diligence process.
- ▪Shivon Zilis, who shares children with Musk, could not corroborate his version of events.
- ▪OpenAI argues the lawsuit is a strategic attempt by Musk to benefit his competing AI ventures.
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TechUpdated May 14, 2026, 10:21 PM UTCLive updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAIby Elizabeth Lopatto and Hayden FieldLinkShareRSSGiftSam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead.Elon Musk, his financial manager and Neuralink CEO, Jared Birchall, and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman have already testified before the jury.
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