Two of the main villains of the age

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/18/technology/openai-trial-verdict-altman-musk

... But the nine-person jury in Oakland, Calif., didn’t rule on the merits of the argument.
Instead, it found that Mr. Musk did not bring his lawsuit until after the three-year statute of limitations expired, nullifying his claim. Mr. Musk filed his suit against the $730 billion artificial intelligence start-up in the summer of 2024, but the jury found that he was aware of the behavior discussed in his complaint against OpenAI as far back as 2021.

Mr. Altman is now free to solidify his control of OpenAI, which appears headed toward one of the largest initial public offerings in history. The company also will be free to pursue a data center expansion plan that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars.

Mr. Altman, Mr. Brockman and Mr. Musk, all of whom attended portions of the proceedings, were not in the courtroom for the verdict.

The jury’s decision means that Microsoft, OpenAI’s chief partner and another defendant in the case, is also not liable for Mr. Musk claims. His suit accused Microsoft of aiding and abetting OpenAI in breaching its founding agreement.

Musk response: Marc Toberoff, one of Mr. Musk’s lawyers, gave a one-word comment on the decision: “Appeal.”

Major stakes: The trial’s outcome had the potential to upend the A.I. landscape. A win for Mr. Musk, who has his own for-profit lab, xAI, would have been a win for OpenAI’s competitors, including industry giants like Google and young companies like Anthropic, as well as international competitors such as China’s DeepSeek.

Families of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting victims suing OpenAI in California

Tumbler Ridge victims file lawsuits in California to pursue 'landmark damage awards'

The families of the victims of one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history are taking OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman to court in California "to pursue landmark damage awards," according to firm Rice Parsons Leoni & Elliott.

Lawyers say the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter's ChatGPT account was banned for "disturbing content," which allegedly included planning violent scenarios, prior to the February tragedy, according to a news release from the firm.

"However, despite some 12 different OpenAI employees imploring the company to notify Canadian law enforcement about the Shooter’s plans, nothing else was done," the firm said.

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John Rice, lead Canadian counsel for the victims, said the Tumbler Ridge tragedy was avoidable.

"Based on what we understand the Shooter to have discussed with ChatGPT, this murderous rampage was specific, predictable, and preventable — and OpenAI had the chance to stop it," he said.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-b-c-mass-shooting-families-suing-openai-9.7181214

"Pubic Lice Defeat Gonorrhea".

I more enjoy Musk losing though. Altmen probably has his day of reckoning coming anyway.

OpenAI provides artificial intelligence capabilities for the US military. The Pentagon has tapped OpenAI to deploy its advanced AI models across secure, classified military networks and decision-support systems. These systems are frequently integrated with Project Maven—the Defense Department’s flagship AI and intelligence-analysis program.

OpenAI's defense agreement explicitly restricts its AI from being used for controlling deadly, autonomous weapons, unconstrained domestic spying, or high-stakes automated lethal decisions. OpenAI is one of several tech companies (including Palantir, Google and xAI) contracted to supply "frontier AI" to build an AI-first fighting force.

https://openai.com/index/our-agreement-with-the-department-of-war/

Under Project Maven our US Military is now an AI military force. To learn more, this book is highly recommended.



For an overview, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Maven