{"id":2920,"date":"2026-05-22T00:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/all-of-the-updates-from-elon-musk-and-sam-altmans-battle-over-openai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:15:18","slug":"all-of-the-updates-from-elon-musk-and-sam-altmans-battle-over-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/all-of-the-updates-from-elon-musk-and-sam-altmans-battle-over-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman\u2019s battle over OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT<\/a>. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit<\/a> accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. <\/p>\n

After nearly a month, with the trial featuring testimony from Musk, Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman, former OpenAI board member and mother of several of Musk\u2019s children Shivon Zilis, and a few others, the jury deliberated for a couple of hours before returning to the \u201croom full of untrustworthy, unreliable people all fighting with each other<\/a>\u201d with a verdict, deciding to dismiss all charges<\/a> due to the statute of limitations.<\/p>\n

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Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and claims that Altman and Brockman tricked him into giving the company money, only to turn their backs on their original goal. However, OpenAI claimed<\/a> that \u201cThis lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor\u201d in a bid to boost Musk\u2019s own SpaceX \/ xAI \/ X companies that have launched Grok as a competitor to ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

In his lawsuit, Musk asked for the removal of Altman and Brockman<\/a>, and for OpenAI to stop operating as a public benefit corporation.<\/p>\n

People to Know<\/h3>\n

Plaintiff<\/h4>\n

Elon Musk<\/strong> \u2014 plaintiff, OpenAI cofounder and now CEO of rival xAI<\/p>\n

Steven Molo <\/strong>\u2014 lead counsel for the plaintiff<\/p>\n

Jared Birchall <\/strong>\u2014 manager of Musk\u2019s family office<\/p>\n

Shivon Zilis <\/strong>\u2014 former OpenAI board member who shares multiple children with Musk<\/p>\n

Defendant<\/h4>\n

Sam Altman<\/strong> \u2014 defendant, CEO of OpenAI\u00a0<\/p>\n

William Savitt<\/strong> \u2014 lead counsel for the defendant<\/p>\n

Greg Brockman<\/strong> \u2014 president of OpenAI as well as a cofounder\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ilya Sutskever<\/strong> \u2014 former chief scientist at OpenAI and a cofounder<\/p>\n

Judge<\/h4>\n

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers<\/strong> \u2014 aka YGR, trial judge<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s all the latest on the trial between Musk and Altman:<\/em><\/p>\n