Court Rejects Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit: Filed Too Late

A federal court has dismissed claims filed by Elon Musk against OpenAI and its top executives. The court found that Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit, missing the deadline for the statute of limitations. Musk had accused OpenAI of betraying an original vision for it to remain a nonprofit. He was a co-founder of OpenAI, which launched in 2015 and created ChatGPT. Musk invested $38 million in its early years. He claimed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his deputy shifted the company into a moneymaking mode. A nine-person jury deliberated for only two hours before finding Musk's lawsuit was filed too late. A judge accepted this verdict. OpenAI and Altman maintain there was no promise to keep the company a nonprofit indefinitely. They argue Musk filed the lawsuit because he couldn't gain unilateral control over the AI developer. This decision highlights the ongoing dispute between prominent figures in the tech industry regarding the direction and control of artificial intelligence.