What the jury will actually decide in the case of Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman
2026-05-14 · TechCrunch
The biggest tech courtroom drama of the year is here: Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman, fighting over whether OpenAI broke its promises about keeping AI for the good of humanity. Nothing says 'beneficial AI for all' quite like two billionaires suing each other over who gets to control it. The jury gets to untangle the mess of broken promises and shifting goalposts that is OpenAI's nonprofit-to-profit transformation.