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Judge in Musk v. Altman seats nine-person jury. Opening arguments start Tuesday

2026-04-27 · Tech

The courtroom drama between two AI titans is officially underway — Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman over OpenAI's pivot from nonprofit do-gooder to for-profit cash machine. A nine-person jury in Oakland gets to decide whether OpenAI's transformation was a breach of its founding promises. Nothing says 'beneficial AI for humanity' quite like a billionaire cage match in federal court.

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