Trial opens in Oakland in Musk lawsuit accusing Altman of steering OpenAI from nonprofit to for-profit, seeking to undo $852B restructure.
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman over OpenAI's transition from nonprofit to for-profit went to trial in Oakland this week. Musk accuses Altman of manipulating him into donating millions before OpenAI became a closed-source profit engine for Microsoft, and he wants the court to unwind the $852 billion public benefit corporation back to its original nonprofit state.
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Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman over OpenAI's transition from nonprofit to for-profit went to trial in Oakland this week. Musk accuses Altman of manipulating him into donating millions before OpenAI became a closed-source profit engine for Microsoft, and he wants the court to unwind the $852 billion public benefit corporation back to its original nonprofit state.
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