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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nA federal court on Monday dismissed Elon Musk\u2019s claims against OpenAI<\/a> and its top executives, bringing an end to a closely watched legal battle over the company\u2019s transformation from a nonprofit research lab into one of the world\u2019s most valuable AI firms.The nine-person jury found that Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit and missed the deadline under the statute of limitations. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the advisory jury\u2019s verdict as the court\u2019s own and dismissed the claims after jurors deliberated for about two hours.The trial, which began April 27 in Oakland, California, highlighted the bitter split between Musk and OpenAI\u2019s leadership. Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and invested $38 million in its early years before leaving the company in 2018.Musk accused OpenAI CEO Sam Altman<\/a> and president Greg Brockman of abandoning a shared vision for OpenAI to develop artificial intelligence as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity\u2019s benefit. He claimed the company secretly shifted into a profit-driven structure and alleged that Altman and Brockman unjustly enriched themselves as OpenAI\u2019s valuation surged.During the trial, Musk argued that the dispute was ultimately simple.\u201cI think they\u2019re going to try to make this lawsuit … very complicated, but it\u2019s actually very simple,\u201d Musk said, as quoted by AP. \u201cWhich is that it\u2019s not OK to steal a charity.\u201dMusk sought damages that would be directed toward OpenAI\u2019s charitable arm and also called for Altman\u2019s removal from the company\u2019s board.OpenAI and Altman rejected the allegations, arguing there was never a promise to keep OpenAI a nonprofit forever. They said Musk understood the company\u2019s direction and later sued because he was unable to gain unilateral control over the fast-growing AI developer.The three-week trial featured testimony from Musk, Altman, Brockman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and former OpenAI board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley. Brockman testified that his stake in OpenAI is worth about $30 billion.Jurors also heard details about the brief firing of Altman as CEO in 2023 before he returned to the position days later. Toner and McCauley, who testified about the board\u2019s decision to remove Altman, were themselves pushed out after his reinstatement.Altman testified that concerns over Musk\u2019s attempts to gain more control over OpenAI contributed to tensions between them as the company pursued artificial general intelligence.\u201cPart of the reason we started OpenAI is we didn\u2019t think AGI could be under the control of any one person, no matter how good their intents are,\u201d Altman said.Near the end of his testimony, Altman reflected on the collapse of his relationship with Musk.\u201cI felt like he had abandoned us, not come through on his promises, put the company in a very difficult place, jeopardized the mission, didn\u2019t really care about the things I thought he cared about,\u201d Altman said. \u201cIt\u2019s been an extremely painful thing for me … to have someone that I respected so much not acknowledge that and continue to publicly attack us.\u201dOpenAI argued throughout the case that Musk\u2019s lawsuit was driven by frustration over the company\u2019s rapid growth and was aimed at helping his own AI startup, xAI, which he launched in 2023.<\/div>\n