Ahead of April 27 trial, Elon Musk withdraws fraud claims Sam Altman, Greg Brockman to streamline his goal of …

Ahead of April 27 trial date of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, Elon Musk has dropped his fraud claims against CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman. According to a report by news agency Reuters, a US judge dismissed Elon Musk's fraud claims in his lawsuit accusing them of betraying OpenAI's original mission on his request. However, the lawsuit plans to proceed to trial on Musk's breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment claims. The ruling was issued by US ⁠District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, the report said.As per Reuters report, Musk had said dismissing his fraud and constructive fraud claims, which he proposed, would “streamline” the case and keep jurors focused on his goal of ensuring that OpenAI benefits ‌humanity, rather than being a "wealth machine."On April 27, the companies led by two of the most powerful figures in the tech world will face each other. Elon Musk, the world's richest man and owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X, will go to trial against Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. The lawsuit was filed by Elon Musk in November 2024; then withdrew in the same year and revived the action in early 2026 – is not about money in the traditional sense. Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Open AI is about a ‘broken promise’. His central argument is that OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit dedicated to developing artificial intelligence (AI) for the benefit of all humanity. Under the lawsuit, Musk is seeking $150 billion in damages, according ⁠to a person involved in the case, with proceeds going to OpenAI’s charitable arm.OpenAI has pushed back hard, calling the lawsuit a distraction driven by competitive jealousy. They have pointed out that Musk is now building a rival AI company called xAI, which competes directly with OpenAI, and this trial is one of the ways he wants to block the success of the ChatGPT-maker. The trial is expected to be one of the most closely watched legal battles in Silicon Valley history.