OpenAI and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk¡¯s claims that Sam Altman¡¯s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from the software giant and made plans to operate as a for-profit business.
A federal judge in Oakland, California, on Thursday rejected requests by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss claims by Musk and ordered the case to proceed to a jury trial set for late April. Musk helped Altman and others launch OpenAI in 2015 and went on to found his own artificial intelligence company in 2023.
¡°Mr. Musk¡¯s lawsuit continues to be baseless and a part of his ongoing pattern of harassment, and we look forward to demonstrating this at trial,¡± OpenAI said in a statement. ¡°We remain focused on empowering the OpenAI Foundation, which is already one of the best resourced nonprofits ever.¡±
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