{"id":23097,"date":"2026-05-15T08:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/high-stakes-courtroom-drama-of-musk-v-openai-hears-closing-arguments\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:37:28","slug":"high-stakes-courtroom-drama-of-musk-v-openai-hears-closing-arguments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/high-stakes-courtroom-drama-of-musk-v-openai-hears-closing-arguments\/","title":{"rendered":"High-stakes courtroom drama of Musk v OpenAI hears closing arguments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine-person jury to consider whether AI firm bilked world\u2019s richest person and unjustly enriched themselves<\/p>\n<p>Closing arguments began on Thursday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s lawsuit against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/sam-altman\">Sam Altman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/openai\">OpenAI<\/a>, bringing the weeks-long courtroom battle between the two tech moguls nearer to a decision. A nine-person jury is set to deliberate and return a verdict on whether they believe the AI firm and Altman are liable in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The trial, which began last month in an Oakland, California, federal courthouse, has gripped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/silicon-valley\">Silicon Valley<\/a> and featured some of the tech industry\u2019s biggest names as witnesses. Attorneys for both sides have presented testimony and documents that have exposed Musk and Altman\u2019s private dealings, as well as provided a window into the contentious history of OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/14\/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/855b58d5c601367f4c5089ffe6d54eb88decef3c\/314_0_3179_2544\/master\/3179.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=cff0c2e1b3f6c880a6eba438a96f51f7\" title=\"High-stakes courtroom drama of Musk v OpenAI hears closing arguments\" \/>Nine-person jury to consider whether AI firm bilked world\u2019s richest person and unjustly enriched themselves<br \/>\nClosing arguments began on Thursday in Elon Musk\u2019s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, bringing the weeks-long courtroom battle between the two tech moguls nearer to a decision. A nine-person jury is set to deliberate and return a verdict on whether they believe the AI firm and Altman are liable in the case.<br \/>\nThe trial, which began last month in an Oakland, California, federal courthouse, has gripped Silicon Valley and featured some of the tech industry\u2019s biggest names as witnesses. Attorneys for both sides have presented testimony and documents that have exposed Musk and Altman\u2019s private dealings, as well as provided a window into the contentious history of OpenAI. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine-person jury to consider whether AI firm bilked world\u2019s richest person and unjustly enriched themselves Closing arguments began on Thursday in Elon Musk\u2019s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, bringing the weeks-long courtroom battle between the two tech moguls nearer to a decision. A nine-person jury is set to deliberate and return a verdict on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/high-stakes-courtroom-drama-of-musk-v-openai-hears-closing-arguments\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">High-stakes courtroom drama of Musk v OpenAI hears closing arguments<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23097"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}