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Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees

Ars Technica AI May 18, 2026
Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees
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# Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI gets dismissed due to timing A jury decided that Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI, dismissing his case where he claimed the company betrayed him by converting from a nonprofit charity into a for-profit business after he donated $38 million. The jury found that Musk knew about these changes back in 2021 but didn't file his lawsuit until 2024—three years past the legal deadline for bringing such claims. As a result, OpenAI's leaders and Microsoft are no longer liable, and Musk's case has been thrown out.

Elon Musk took too long to file his lawsuit that accused OpenAI of stealing a charity, a nine-person jury unanimously decided Monday. Musk sued OpenAI in 2024 for making a "fool" out of him after Musk donated $38 million to kick-start OpenAI as a nonprofit, only to later be blindsided when OpenAI cr

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