Elon Musk attacks OpenAI lawsuit rejection and promises to appeal

Elon Musk attacks OpenAI lawsuit rejection and promises to appeal

Elon Musk lashed out at judges and jury after his lawsuit against OpenAI was dismissed.

The CEO of xAI reacted to the decision via a post on

The world’s richest man wrote: “Anyone following the case in detail has no doubt that Altman & Brockman actually enriched themselves by stealing from charity. The only question is WHEN they did it!”

Musk also announced that he would challenge the verdict in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, saying that “setting a precedent for looting charities is incredibly destructive to charitable giving in America.”

Elon Musk attacks OpenAI lawsuit rejection and promises to appeal

The SpaceX CEO reiterated his claim to founding OpenAI as a non-profit organization, saying it was founded to benefit all of humanity.

In another article on X, the 54-year-old American businessman cited a tweet and accused the Oakland judge of being an activist.

He said the judge simply used the jury as a fig leaf, setting a terrible precedent.

Musk continued: “She just handed out a free license to loot from charities if you can keep the looting quiet for a few years! »

This comes after the nine-person Oakland jury unanimously decided to dismiss Elon Musk’s high-stakes trial on Monday (May 18).

The ruling marks the end of a three-week trial that included testimony from OpenAI Chairman Greg Brockman, Musk, Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Musk’s lawsuit accused Altman and OpenAI of “robbing a charity” by transitioning OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, from a nonprofit to a “for-profit” company after Musk donated about $38 million to the original company.

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