{"id":19167,"date":"2026-04-27T23:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/19167\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:50:08","slug":"jury-selection-begins-in-lawsuit-between-openai-co-founders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/19167\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury selection begins in lawsuit between OpenAI co-founders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loading the Audio Player&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jury selection began on Monday in the lawsuit that Tesla founder Elon Musk brought against his fellow OpenAI co-founder, Sam Altman. Attorneys from both sides convened before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers as the high-stakes trial kicked off in Oakland. The pretrial order <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.433688\/gov.uscourts.cand.433688.446.0.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issued<\/a> in March mandated that nine jurors, and no alternatives, be selected.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What is the lawsuit about? Musk accused Altman and other OpenAI leaders of deception and breaching a charitable trust. Musk and Altman co-chaired OpenAI when the nonprofit was founded in 2015, with Musk contributing about $38 million to the nonprofit\u2019s mission to safely develop artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The lawsuit alleges that Altman preyed on Musk\u2019s altruism, feigning concern for the development of AI to get Musk to fund the nonprofit. After getting Musk\u2019s funding, Altman created a for-profit subsidiary and sought investments from Microsoft, which prompted the 2018 split, <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25031741\/elon-vs-openai-again.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to the lawsuit. The ChatGPT creator now <a href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/sift\/openai-set-to-become-for-profit-company-after-mass-leader-exit-1727378990\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plans<\/a> to restructure into a for-profit business, which Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1839186902915662324\" rel=\"nofollow\">repeatedly<\/a> insisted was illegal. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Has either side issued statements? Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2048801964457140540?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">released<\/a> a Monday morning statement taking aim at Altman and another OpenAI co-founder, Greg Stockman. Altman got dozens of OpenAI side deals and will get billions of dollars in stock, while Stockman already bagged tens of billions in stock, Musk alleged. Musk reiterated that OpenAI was founded for the public good and insisted that there must not be a legal precedent that allows people to loot charities. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">OpenAI also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenAINewsroom\/status\/2048776645142872368?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">released<\/a> a Monday statement accusing Musk of attempting to undermine OpenAI\u2019s work to ensure all humanity benefits from AI. The company characterized Musk\u2019s lawsuit as a baseless and jealous attempt to derail a competitor. OpenAI can\u2019t wait to make its case in court and question Musk under oath, according to the company\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loading the Audio Player&#8230; Jury selection began on Monday in the lawsuit that Tesla founder Elon Musk brought&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[982,601,6381,8937,206,13663,7844,157,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-19167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-openai","8":"tag-altman","9":"tag-artificial","10":"tag-computers","11":"tag-elon","12":"tag-intelligence","13":"tag-lawyer","14":"tag-musk","15":"tag-openai","16":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}