A nine-person jury in Oakland federal court will decide whether Elon Musk’s suit alleging that Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and OpenAI ‘stole a charity’ has legal merit, with deliberations beginning this week, reporting by The Guardian notes. Reporting by TheNextWeb and Reuters shows Microsoft committed $13 billion to OpenAI and that trial exhibits included a January 2023 memo projecting a $92 billion return on that investment. Witnesses who testified include OpenAI president Greg Brockman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, according to the BBC and The Guardian. Fox Business reports Elon Musk is seeking up to $150 billion in damages. Editorial analysis: The trial tests legal claims about nonprofit-to-for-profit restructuring and investor conduct, a governance issue with broad implications for AI organisations.
