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Monday, May 18, 2026
BREAKING: Jury tosses Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman

A jury found that tech billionaire Elon Musk waited too long to bring his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, throwing out the suit that claimed Altman had unlawfully enriched himself from the organization they helped to create.

The jury found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman and OpenAI not liable on all claims after a blockbuster three-week trial that captured the attention of the tech industry and threatened to reshape the race to develop artificial intelligence.

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