A federal judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk’s bid to dismiss OpenAI’s claims of a “years-long harassment campaign” by the Tesla CEO against the company he co-founded in 2015 and later abandoned before ChatGPT became a global phenomenon.
In the latest turn in a court battle that kicked off last year, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Musk must face OpenAI’s claims that the billionaire, through press statements, social media posts, legal claims and “a sham bid for OpenAI’s assets” had attempted to harm the AI startup.
Musk sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman last year over the company’s transition to a for-profit model, accusing the company of straying from its founding mission of developing AI for the good of humanity, not profit.
OpenAI countersued Musk in April, accusing the billionaire of engaging in fraudulent business practices under California law. Musk then asked for OpenAI’s counterclaims to be dismissed or delayed until a later stage in the case.
OpenAI argued in May its countersuit should not be put on hold, and the judge on Tuesday concluded that the company’s allegations were legally sufficient to proceed.
A jury trial has been scheduled for spring 2026.
Musk’s bid to dismiss OpenAI’s harassment claims denied in court
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Musk’s bid to dismiss OpenAI’s harassment claims denied in court
US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
WASHINGTON: The government admitted Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army played a role in causing the collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people.
The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims’ families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures that night.
But the filing suggested that others, including the pilots of the jet and helicopter, also played a role. The lawsuit also blamed American Airlines and its regional partner, PSA Airlines, for the crash, but those airlines have filed motions to dismiss.
At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after the helicopter apparently flew into the path of the American Airlines regional jet while it was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in northern Virginia, just across the river from the nation’s capital, officials said. The plane carried 60 passengers and four crew members, and three soldiers were aboard the helicopter.
One of the attorneys for the family of Casey Crafton, Robert Clifford, said the families and their counsel will carefully study the new legal filings. Clifford said the government “rightfully acknowledges” it’s not the only one responsible for the crash and that it was one of several causes.
Clifford said his team would continue to investigate the crash to ensure all parties at fault are held responsible and awaits additional findings from a Jan. 26 NTSB hearing.
