Jury tosses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman

"It's actually very simple. It's not OK to steal a charity... If it's okay to loot a charity, the entire foundation of charitable giving will be destroyed."

— Elon Musk , Executive

"A particularly hair-raising moment was when my co-founders asked, 'If you have control, what happens when you die?' He said something like, 'maybe it should pass to my children.'"

— Sam Altman , Executive

"There was a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury’s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot."

— Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers , Other

"It did not take [the jury] two hours to conclude … that Mr. Musk’s lawsuit is nothing more than an after-the-fact contrivance that bears no relationship to reality."

— Bill Savitt , Executive

"There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity."

— Elon Musk , Executive

"One word: Appeal."

— Marc Toberoff , Executive

"I think there’s a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury’s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot."

— Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers , Other

"What the jury found today is just that: Stories, not facts."

— William Savitt , Other

"There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity."

— Elon Musk , Executive

"I will be filing an appeal with the Ninth Circuit, because creating a precedent to loot charities is incredibly destructive to charitable giving in America."

— Elon Musk , Executive

"I think there is a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury’s findings."

— Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers , Other

"The jury wasted no time, taking 90 minutes to find that Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment were filed too late under the respective statute of limitations."

— Edward Lee , Academic

"There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity."

— Elon Musk , Executive

"Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity. The only question is WHEN they did it!"

— Elon Musk , Executive

"There’s a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury’s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot."

— Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers , Other

"There’s a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury’s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot."

— Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers , Other