{"id":592547,"date":"2026-04-28T17:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592547"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:09:48","slug":"9-jurors-officially-chosen-for-billionaires-elon-musk-and-sam-altmans-openai-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592547","title":{"rendered":"9 jurors officially chosen for billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman\u2019s OpenAI trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A court battle between billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman involving OpenAI reached the critical trial phase this week.<\/p>\n

Background Info<\/strong><\/p>\n

OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research laboratory, was launched in December 2015 as a nonprofit by a slew of figures, including Musk and Altman.<\/p>\n

Its original purpose<\/a> was \u201cto advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Associated Press<\/a>, Musk for his part \u201cinvested about $38 million in OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three years later, Musk resigned from OpenAI\u2019s board because of disagreements over the company\u2019s direction, as well as concerns about conflicts of interest with Tesla\u2019s own AI work.<\/p>\n

The following year, OpenAI launched a \u201ccapped-profit\u201d subsidiary. The profit cap was later removed, and by 2025, OpenAI had transformed into a \u201cpublic benefit corporation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where Things Get Interesting<\/strong><\/p>\n

In early 2024, Musk sued OpenAI, accusing the company\u2019s other co-founders \u2014 namely Altman \u2014 of betraying OpenAI\u2019s nonprofit mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis lawyers argue that Musk poured time, money, and recruiting resources to the AI lab \u2026 on the condition that it would remain a nonprofit \u2018dedicated to creating safe, open-source AGI [artificial general intelligence] for public benefit,\u201d NPR<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suit \u2026 accuses OpenAI, Altman and the company\u2019s president Greg Brockman of breaking their agreement with Musk by abandoning those founding principles over the years,\u201d the reporting continued.<\/p>\n

In a much more recent tweet, Musk accused Altman and Stockman of having \u201cstole a charity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGreg got tens of billions of stock for himself and Scam got dozens of OpenAI side deals with a piece of the action for himself, Y Combinator style,\u201d\u00a0 he wrote. \u201cAfter this lawsuit, Scam will also be awarded tens of billions in stock directly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fundamental question is simply this: Do you want to set legal precedent in the United States that it is ok to loot a charity? If so, you undermine all charitable giving in the United States forever,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Scam Altman and Greg Stockman stole a charity. Full stop.<\/p>\n

Greg got tens of billions of stock for himself and Scam got dozens of OpenAI side deals with a piece of the action for himself, Y Combinator style. After this lawsuit, Scam will also be awarded tens of billions in stock\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/R27ZeG9nNR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

OpenAI\u2019s Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n

The company has tried to defend itself by accusing Musk of having \u201csour grapes\u201d and claiming that he himself had previously agreed to a for-profit structure when funding was low.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I]n 2017, Elon not only wanted, but actually created, a for-profit as OpenAI\u2019s proposed new structure,\u201d the company said in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cWhen he didn\u2019t get majority equity and full control, he walked away and told us we would fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that OpenAI is the leading AI research lab and Elon runs a competing AI company, he\u2019s asking the court to stop us from effectively pursuing our mission,\u201d the blog post continued.<\/p>\n

The company also took a swing at Musk on the social media platform X, writing, \u201cHis lawsuit remains nothing more than a harassment campaign that\u2019s driven by ego, jealousy and a desire to slow down a competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Today, at the eleventh hour, Elon lodged a court filing pretending to change his tune about attacking the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation.<\/p>\n

The truth is that this case has always been about Elon generating more power and more money for what he wants. Having increasingly realized that\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 OpenAI Newsroom (@OpenAINewsroom) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Latest Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Fox News<\/a>, the lawsuit moved to trial on Monday as jury selection began. Note, however, that the judge will ultimately decide who\u2019s the winner and loser.<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" BREAKING: 9 jurors have now been officially chosen for Musk v. Altman trial<\/p>\n

The jury does not actually decide this case.
\nTheir verdict will be advisory only.<\/p>\n

Judge Gonzalez Rogers decides the case herself. https:\/\/t.co\/Q5XyTfSnjb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/P9eBxIDhH1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NIK (@ns123abc) April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe judge determined that the jury won\u2019t decide the specific repercussions in the case, and will instead work in an \u2018advisory\u2019 role to determine how much OpenAI would need to pay in disgorgement if it loses the case,\u201d the network reported.<\/p>\n

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A court battle between billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman involving OpenAI reached the critical trial phase this week. Background Info OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research laboratory, was launched in December 2015 as a nonprofit by a slew of figures, including Musk and Altman. Its original purpose was \u201cto advance digital intelligence in the way… Continue reading 9 jurors officially chosen for billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman\u2019s OpenAI trial<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":592548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=592547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/592548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=592547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=592547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=592547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}