A jury in the federal court of Northern California rejected billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI’s management, including its CEO Sam Altman. About this Reports BBC News.
The decision was taken unanimously. Jurors said Musk filed the lawsuit after the statute of limitations for such cases had expired.
During the three-week trial, the jury reviewed internal correspondence and heard testimony from the parties, and reached a verdict after deliberating for two hours.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will make the final decision, but she has already said her decision is the same as the jury’s verdict. “I believe there is sufficient evidence to support the jury’s conclusion that I am prepared to dismiss the case immediately.” Lead Her words to CNN.
Elon Musk’s lawsuit states that he invested nearly $38 million in the non-profit research project OpenAI, and that the company’s CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman violated the original agreements and focused on profiting from their own AI developments. Although, according to Musk, they were supposed to develop the startup as a non-profit organization and conduct research in the field of artificial intelligence for the benefit of society.
Musk demanded the dismissal of Altman and Brockman from the management of OpenAI, the termination of the company’s commercial division, and compensation for the damages he suffered, which he estimated at an amount that could reach $150 billion. He promised to transfer this money to the non-profit division of OpenAI.