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OpenAI bid to block trial on Musk's fraud claims denied by US judge

By Mike Swift ( January 16, 2026, 01:45 GMT | Insight) -- In denying summary judgement motions by OpenAI and Microsoft, a US judge in Oakland, California, assured that a federal jury will decide Elon Musk's allegations that OpenAI committed fraud and breach of charitable trust in its conversion from a non-profit to a for-profit venture. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers narrowed, but did not eliminate, Musk's claims against Microsoft.A US judge made good on her recent pronouncement that a dispute between Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft over the for-profit conversion of the maker of ChatGPT would go to a jury, mostly denying summary judgment motions by the companies to block a trial....

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