Judge denies Musk’s initial bid to halt OpenAI’s for-profit shift but sets trial for fall
The judge rejected Musk’s request for a preliminary injunction but fast-tracked the dispute for a trial
A US judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk’s request for a preliminary injunction to pause OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit model but agreed to hear a trial in the fall of this year, the latest turn in the high-stakes legal fight.
The tech billionaire does not have “the high burden required for a preliminary injunction” to block the conversion of OpenAI, said Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a US district judge in Oakland, California.
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