Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI may go to trial in part, judge says

A United States federal judge has said that parts of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI to halt its conversion to a for-profit entity might go to trial, adding that the Tesla CEO will have to appear in court and testify. "Something is going to trial in this case," US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, said early in the court session on Tuesday. "[Elon Musk will] sit on the stand, present it to a jury, and a jury will decide who is right." Rogers was considering Musk's recent request for a preliminary injunction to block OpenAI's conversion before going to trial, the latest move in a grudge match between the world's richest person and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that is playing out publicly in court. The last time Rogers provided a preliminary injunction was in Epic Games's case against Apple in May 2021.