AI News Archive: May 18, 2026 — Part 24
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- OpenAI Found Not Liable in Elon Musk Suit
OpenAI Found Not Liable in Elon Musk Suit Barron's
- Federal jury delivers verdict on Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI
A jury in federal court reached a verdict in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after Musk accused the maker of ChatGPT of violating its founding mission as a nonprofit.
- Jury throws out Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman in less than two hours
The jury ruled that Elon Musk had waited too long to sue OpenAI and its other co-founders.
- Jury unanimously dismisses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI
California jury dismissed all charges, finding that Musk missed the three-year statute of limitations to file suit.
- Federal court rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late
The trial shed light on the bitter falling-out between the two Silicon Valley titans and the beginnings of OpenAI, now a company valued at $852 billion and moving toward potentially one of the largest initial public offerings in history.
- Jury throws out Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit from Elon Musk against the maker of ChatGPT after a jury found that he exceeded the statute of limitations. Musk had claimed that OpenAI betrayed its original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the good of humanity when it added a for-profit arm. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Gerrit De Vynck of The Washington Post.
- Pope Leo to launch encyclical on AI with Anthropic co-founder
The presence of Anthropic at the Vatican suggests that the pope's position on AI will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration
- Jury dismisses all claims in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Musk had sought to oust Altman from his leadership position over claims that he and others breached their duty to OpenAI's original nonprofit mission and unjustly enriched themselves.
- Federal court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late
Federal court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late AP News
- Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AI's future
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AI's future AP News
- Jury rules against Elon Musk in his feud with OpenAI
Jury rules against Elon Musk in his feud with OpenAI Houston Chronicle
- Federal court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late
A federal jury has sided with OpenAI founders in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it as a nonprofit.
- Federal jury sides with OpenAI in feud with Elon Musk
Federal jury sides with OpenAI in feud with Elon Musk The Boston Globe
- Jury rules against Elon Musk in his feud with OpenAI
Jury rules against Elon Musk in his feud with OpenAI San Francisco Chronicle
- Jury rejects Elon Musk's lawsuit, sides with OpenAI in bitter feud over AI future
A federal jury sided with OpenAI and its top executives on Monday in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to guide artificial intelligence's development as a nonprofit.