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Ars Technica Apr 8, 2026 at 17:37 Big Tech Stable Warm

To beat Altman in court, Musk offers to give all damages to OpenAI nonprofit

Musk won’t seek a “single dollar” in OpenAI suit after asking to pocket up to $134 billion.

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To beat Altman in court, Musk offers to give all damages to OpenAI nonprofit

On Tuesday, Elon Musk amended his lawsuit that accuses OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of abandoning its mission, clarifying that any ill-gotten gains recovered should be returned to the AI firm's charitable nonprofit arm, not to Musk. Musk "is not seeking a single dollar for himself," according to his lawyer, Marc Toberoff. Toberoff told The Wall Street Journal that the new remedies that Musk is seeking strip away distracting claims from OpenAI that the lawsuit is intended to harass and harm the AI firm that Musk helped co-found but today is one of his biggest rivals. Read full article Comments

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To beat Altman in court, Musk offers to give all damages to OpenAI nonprofit

Musk won’t seek a “single dollar” in OpenAI suit after asking to pocket up to $134 billion.

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