Jury in Musk v. Altman Trial to Begin Deliberating Monday

The jury in the Oakland trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman will begin deliberating Monday after closing arguments were delivered on Thursday. Bettors on the Kalshi prediction market have lowered the odds of a Musk win to nearly 20 percent as of Friday, down from 58 percent at the start of the trial.

The market currently favors Altman and OpenAI as the prevailing parties. Musk alleged that OpenAI, which was founded as a nonprofit, was taken from him. The organization has since grown to hold significantly more resources than it possessed when Musk departed.

That growth occurred after OpenAI established a for-profit arm whose shares have reached valuations in the tens of billions of dollars. Musk has sought remedies that would affect both the for-profit and nonprofit components of the organization.

The proceedings made public a series of emails, text messages and diary entries involving senior figures at the companies. These materials have drawn attention to the internal dynamics among leaders of major technology firms. Semafor reported that regardless of the verdict, both sides have experienced losses in reputation and public standing.

The outlet noted that the case has provided material that critics of artificial intelligence have used to question the sector. The jury's deliberations are expected to address the contractual and governance disputes between the parties over OpenAI's evolution from its founding charter.