OpenAI sues Elon Musk claiming 'bad-faith tactics'

The countersuit opens up a new front in the high-stakes battle between two Silicon Valley heavyweights. "Elon's nonstop actions against us are just bad-faith tactics to slow down OpenAI and seize control of the leading AI innovations for his personal benefit," OpenAI said in a statement on Wednesday. "Today, we countersued to stop him." Last week, a federal judge in Oakland, California, set a March 2026 trial date in Mr Musk's suit in a bid to fast-track the legal fight. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers previously declined to grant Mr Musk an injunction that would temporarily halt OpenAI's conversion from a non-profit to a for-profit company.