Musk’s Fight With OpenAI Set for Expedited Trial This Year (1)

Elon Musk’s bid in court to block Sam Altman from restructuring OpenAI will be expedited for a trial in the fall of this year, a judge said.

US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Tuesday denied Musk’s request for an injunction that would immediately pause the ChatGPT maker’s transformation from a nonprofit to a more conventional, public benefit for-profit company while Musk’s lawsuit against the startup plays out.

But Rogers wrote in her order that she wants to resolve Musk’s claims quickly. Given “the public interest at stake and potential for harm if a conversion contrary to law occurred,” ...