Musk blasts judge on X after jury hands him loss in OpenAI lawsuit

"On Monday, a jury unanimously ruled that Musk had missed his chance to sue, deciding that the statute of limitations had passed by the time the world's richest man accused OpenAI executives of illegally turning the nonprofit into a for-profit company. In a since-deleted X post, Musk blasted Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers, calling her an "activist" judge."

""This illustrates why the ruling by the terrible activist Oakland judge, who simply used the jury as a fig leaf, creates such a terrible precedent," Musk wrote. "She just handed out a free license to loot charities if you can keep the looting quiet for a few years!" Musk vowed to appeal the ruling in a separate post that remains on the social media network."

"Gonzalez Rogers is a veteran federal judge in the Northern District of California who has presided over major tech industry trials, including the major 2020 antitrust case between Epic Games and Apple. She was appointed by President Barack Obama. Musk's ire for the judge is no secret. Throughout the trial, Gonzales Rogers frequently had to scold Musk for his behavior in and out of the courtroom."

"During his testimony, Gonzales Rogers instructed Musk to stop talking about artificial intelligence leading to human extinction, a rule she had made prior to the start of the trial. She also ordered him to stop talking about the case on X, which he continued to do anyway. In a testy exchange with OpenAI's lawyer, Musk attempted to propose a metaphor to dissect the team's yes-or-no questions, but Gonzalez Rogers quickly cut him off."

A jury unanimously ruled that Musk missed the deadline to sue OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, because the statute of limitations had expired. Musk posted on X criticizing Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers as an “activist” judge and argued the decision set a harmful precedent by effectively allowing charities to be looted if the conduct stays quiet for years. Musk said he would appeal. Gonzales Rogers is a veteran federal judge in the Northern District of California and was appointed by President Barack Obama. During the trial, she repeatedly scolded Musk for behavior inside and outside the courtroom, including ordering him to stop discussing claims about artificial intelligence causing human extinction and to stop discussing the case on X.

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