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OpenAI Calls Musk’s New Trial Demands a ‘Legal Ambush’ Before April 27 Trial

OpenAI says the late shift would force new evidence at the April 27 trial.

Overview

  • OpenAI told the court on Friday that Elon Musk’s revised requests amount to a last‑minute “legal ambush” that would require different evidence and witnesses.
  • Musk, who changed his requested remedies on April 7, now asks the court to remove Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and to unwind OpenAI’s move to a for‑profit structure.
  • Musk also says any money awarded should go to OpenAI’s nonprofit rather than to him, a change from his earlier push to recover tens to over a hundred billion dollars in alleged wrongful gains.
  • The jury trial is scheduled for April 27 in Oakland, and high‑profile testimony is expected, including from Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
  • A 2017 handwritten note known as the “Brockman Diaries,” reported to call the nonprofit structure “a lie,” has been cited in pretrial proceedings as significant evidence.