Elon Musk loses his case against Sam Altman
Elon Musk loses his case against Sam Altman
埃隆·马斯克诉山姆·奥特曼案败诉
After around two hours of deliberation, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict in Musk v. Altman, the tech trial of the year. The group found that two claims were barred by the statute of limitations, and a third failed thanks to the dismissal of one of these.
经过约两个小时的审议，陪审团对年度科技大案“马斯克诉奥特曼案”达成了一致裁决。陪审团认定其中两项诉讼请求已超过诉讼时效，而第三项诉讼请求也因前述原因被驳回。
The jury here is an advisory jury, meaning the group is installed solely to offer another opinion to the judge, and its verdict is technically not legally binding. Ultimately, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is the ultimate legal authority — and she accepted the decision.
此案的陪审团为咨询性陪审团，这意味着其职责仅在于为法官提供参考意见，裁决在法律上并不具有强制约束力。最终，美国地方法院法官伊冯·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯（Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers）拥有最终裁决权，她采纳了该决定。
The jury found that Musk’s claim for breach of charitable trust was barred by the statute of limitations, and the claim that Microsoft aided and abetted such a breach failed with it. Restitution is also barred by the statute of limitations, the jury found.
陪审团认定，马斯克关于违反慈善信托的指控已超过诉讼时效，而关于微软协助并教唆此类违约的指控也随之失效。陪审团同时裁定，赔偿请求也已超过诉讼时效。
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On X, Musk posted a statement saying he’d be filing an appeal. He said that the judge and jury ruled “on a calendar technicality” rather than the “merits of the case” and that “there is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity. The only question is WHEN they did it!”
OpenAI 未立即回应置评请求。马斯克在 X 上发表声明称，他将提起上诉。他表示，法官和陪审团的裁决是基于“时间上的技术性问题”，而非“案件本身的事实”，并称“任何详细关注此案的人都毫无疑问，奥特曼和布罗克曼确实通过窃取一家慈善机构来中饱私囊。唯一的问题是他们是什么时候做的！”
Alex Haurek, a Microsoft spokesperson, said in a statement, “The facts and the timeline in this case have long been clear, and we welcome the jury’s decision to dismiss these claims as untimely. We remain committed to our work with OpenAI to advance and scale AI for people and organizations around the world.”
微软发言人亚历克斯·豪雷克（Alex Haurek）在一份声明中表示：“此案的事实和时间线早已明确，我们欢迎陪审团驳回这些逾期诉讼的决定。我们将继续致力于与 OpenAI 合作，为全球的人们和组织推进并扩展人工智能技术。”
Musk v. Altman has taken over a federal courtroom in Oakland for three weeks, with the core accusation being that OpenAI strayed from its founding mission and that Musk’s money was earmarked for a nonprofit in particular. Musk alleges that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman breached OpenAI’s charitable trust and participated in unjust enrichment at Musk’s expense. He also alleges that Microsoft aided and abetted the two in breach of charitable trust. Both sides have used every opportunity to smear each other — and through salacious evidence and eyebrow-raising testimony, both sides have come out looking somehow even less trustworthy than when the court process began.
“马斯克诉奥特曼案”在奥克兰的联邦法庭进行了为期三周的审理。核心指控是 OpenAI 背离了其创始使命，且马斯克的资金原本是专门用于非营利目的的。马斯克指控 OpenAI 首席执行官山姆·奥特曼和公司总裁格雷格·布罗克曼违反了 OpenAI 的慈善信托，并以牺牲马斯克的利益为代价参与了不正当获利。他还指控微软协助并教唆两人违反慈善信托。双方都利用一切机会抹黑对方——通过耸人听闻的证据和令人咋舌的证词，双方在庭审结束后看起来反而比开始时更不可信。