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Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI’s founding mission

2026-04-27 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

Two tech billionaires are dragging each other to court over who gets to profit from the AI company they originally promised would benefit humanity. Musk says Altman committed fraud by turning their noble non-profit into a cash machine, while OpenAI fires back that Musk is just jealous he didn't get a bigger piece of the pie. Nothing says 'for the benefit of humanity' like a Silicon Valley courtroom cage match.

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