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Musk v. Altman et al

  1. July 29, 2025

    Some OpenAI Defenses Nixed In 'Over-Litigated' Musk Suit

    A California federal judge briefly took Elon Musk and OpenAI to task on Tuesday, in an order summarily nixing some of the ChatGPT-maker's affirmative defenses against the billionaire's lawsuit challenging plans to change its corporate structure.

  2. July 09, 2025

    OpenAI Must Give Musk Info On Altman Firing In Fraud Suit

    A California federal magistrate judge overseeing discovery in Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's plans to change its corporate structure ordered the artificial intelligence company to hand over documents related to CEO Sam Altman's brief firing by OpenAI's board, agreeing the information is "relevant" to Musk's charitable trust and fraud claims.

  3. June 24, 2025

    Another Musk Case, Another Judge Recusal

    A California federal magistrate judge on Tuesday became the latest federal judge to recuse from a case involving Elon Musk, this time stepping down from handling his lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise.

  4. June 06, 2025

    OpenAI, Microsoft Say Musk Hasn't Fixed RICO Claims

    OpenAI and Microsoft have urged a California federal judge to again trim Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise, arguing the billionaire and his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, have not made any changes to their previously nixed claims for contract breach and fraudulent enterprise.

  5. May 23, 2025

    Musk Doubles Down After OpenAI Drops For-Profit Transition

    OpenAI's decision to abandon its transition into a for-profit enterprise was not enough to appease Elon Musk, who doubled down Thursday with an amended California federal court complaint continuing to allege the ChatGPT maker tricked him into contributing nearly $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit.

  6. May 05, 2025

    OpenAI Abandons For-Profit Plan After Musk Suit Is Preserved

    OpenAI announced Monday that it was no longer pursuing plans to transition the ChatGPT maker into a for-profit enterprise, changing course just days after a California federal judge refused to throw out the bulk of Elon Musk's suit challenging those plans.

  7. May 02, 2025

    Musk Can Pursue Most Claims Against OpenAI, Microsoft

    Microsoft, OpenAI and several of their affiliates cannot escape the bulk of Elon Musk's lawsuit accusing the companies of swindling him by transitioning the ChatGPT maker into a for-profit enterprise, a California federal judge ruled.

  8. April 24, 2025

    Ex-OpenAI Workers, Nobel Laureates Back Musk OpenAI Fight

    A group of former OpenAI employees and artificial intelligence experts, including some Nobel laureates, have urged the California and Delaware attorneys general to block OpenAI's move to take the company private, arguing that the attorneys general "have both the authority and duty to protect OpenAI's charitable trust and purpose."

  9. April 16, 2025

    Musk Rips Calif. AG Decision To Not Join Suit Against OpenAI

    Elon Musk blasted a California attorney general's office decision declining to join his federal lawsuit against OpenAI, saying in a Tuesday filing the decision appears to "misapprehend" the complaint and its derivative claims and "mischaracterizes or misunderstands" the consortium of investors he's assembled to bid on OpenAI Inc.'s assets.

  10. April 11, 2025

    Microsoft, OpenAI Want Out Of Musk's For-Profit Challenge

    OpenAI and Microsoft are ready to be done with a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk accusing them of swindling the billionaire by turning OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, into a private entity after he and others invested in the artificial intelligence venture.