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Musk vs. OpenAI Trial Begins in Oakland

Musk vs. OpenAI Trial Begins in Oakland

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OpenAI stripped every structural protection of its charitable mission — the profit cap, the AGI clause, the Microsoft exclusivity — and did it while jury selection was underway. That's not coincidence; that's a company caught in the act of converting a public-good institution into a private cash machine. Musk funded and built OpenAI for humanity, got zero equity, and the people who took over are now dismantling the last guardrails in real time.

OpenAI's mission — democratizing AI so power doesn't consolidate in a few hands — is exactly what this lawsuit threatens to derail. The goal is universal prosperity, not a legal spectacle driven by a competitor who wants to kneecap a rival. Musk will finally face questioning under oath, and the truth will show this case was never about protecting humanity — it was about protecting market position.


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