Elon Musk has lashed out at the judges and jury after his lawsuit against OpenAI was dismissed.
XAI’s CEO responded to the decision via a post on X, accusing the judge and jury of not judging based on the merits of the case, but on calendar technicalities.
The world’s richest man wrote: “No doubt someone is following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman actually enriched themselves by stealing from a charity. The only question is WHEN they did it!.”
Musk also announced that he would challenge the ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, saying, “setting a precedent for looting charities is incredibly damaging to charitable giving in America.”
The SpaceX CEO reiterated his claim about OpenAI’s founding as a non-profit organization, saying it was founded to benefit all of humanity.
In a separate post on X, the 54-year-old American businessman cited a tweet and accused the Oakland judge of being an activist.
He added that the judge simply used the jury as a fig leaf, setting such a terrible precedent.
Musk continued: “She just handed out a free license to loot charities if you can keep the looting quiet for a few years!”
This comes after the nine-person jury in Oakland unanimously decided to dismiss Elon Musk’s high-voltage case on Monday, May 18.
The decision marked the end of a three-week trial that included testimony from OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Musk, Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Musk’s lawsuit accused Altman and OpenAI of “stealing a charity” by moving OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, from a non-profit to “for-profit” after Musk donated about $38 million to the original venture.
