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wired ai · May 18, 2026

Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit

a federal judge accepted a jury's verdict that elon musk waited too long to sue openai, marking a decisive defeat in his legal battle.

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el Musk suffered a significant legal defeat as a federal jury unanimously determined he waited too long to file his lawsuit against OpenAI and its executives. Because the jury found the claims were time-barred, they did not address the merits regarding Musk's allegations of breach of charitable trust or OpenAI's pivot to a for-profit structure with Microsoft. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers finalized the verdict in Oakland, following less than two hours of deliberation. Despite the loss, the trial forced OpenAI executives to spend hundreds of hours in depositions and revealed internal details about their conduct. Musk's legal team indicated plans to appeal the decision.

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