US Court Rules in Favor of OpenAI in Lawsuit Filed by Elon Musk

California. American billionaire businessman Elon Musk has received a setback from a US court. The US court has ruled in favor of OpenAI in the lawsuit filed by Musk against the artificial intelligence company OpenAI. 

The jury in the federal court in Oakland unanimously decided that Musk had filed the lawsuit too late. The jury reportedly delivered its verdict in less than two hours. 

Musk had accused OpenAI of deviating from its original purpose of being established for the benefit of humanity and becoming profit-oriented. However, the court did not hold OpenAI accountable. After the verdict, Musk criticized it, calling it a "dangerous precedent." In a post on the social media platform X, he reiterated his accusation that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Chairman Greg Brockman had made the organization a means of earning money. 

"Altman and Brockman have actually used a charity for their own benefit. Such a decision will weaken trust in charitable organizations in America," Musk wrote. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who heard the case, supported the jury's decision and stated that there was sufficient evidence. Musk is a co-founder of OpenAI, established in 2015. 

He invested approximately 38 million US dollars in it in the early years. Later, OpenAI developed popular AI technologies like ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its non-profit objective and adopting a commercial model. He has stated that he will now appeal the court's decision.