OpenAI, Microsoft ask judge to instruct jury on Musk statements on charitable giving
( April 29, 2026, 15:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenAI and Microsoft are asking US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to issue a jury instruction that Elon Musk's statement that charitable giving in America could be destroyed if OpenAI is not stopped from its conversion to a nonprofit is prejudicial. The defendants want the judge to instruct the jury that: "Your verdict does not create legal precedent, establish legal rules, or bind the outcome of any other case, including any case involving charitable giving." See attached document....
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