Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, Really, We All Lost
- Posted on May 20, 2026
- By The New Yorker
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Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, Really, We All Lost
The real question of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI was whether the company’s corporate transformation was cynical in intention or merely in outcome. Musk may have lost the case, but the trial was also a net negative for humanity.