Jury Begins Deliberations in Musk v. OpenAI After Closing Arguments
An advisory nine-person jury will deliberate after closing arguments over claims Musk says breached a charitable trust and enriched OpenAI insiders.
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Overview
Closing arguments concluded on Thursday and a nine-person jury will begin deliberating on Monday, the judge said.
Musk's 2024 lawsuit accuses OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman of breaching a charitable trust and unjustly enriching themselves with Musk's roughly $38 million donation.
OpenAI lawyers said no explicit conditions governed Musk's donations and accused him of unreasonable delay and competing aims, while Musk's attorney alleged Altman, Brockman and Microsoft enriched themselves at Musk's expense.
Microsoft, named as a defendant, invested $1 billion in 2019 and $10 billion in 2023, and Musk's team asked in January for up to $134 billion in damages.
If the jury finds liability, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will hold a remedies phase to decide damages and potential orders such as removing executives or unwinding the company's 2025 recapitalization.
Analysis
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