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Observer | The Real Stakes Behind Elon Musk’s Showdown with Sam Altman by Rachel Curry AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The California trial pits Elon Musk against OpenAI’s chief Sam Altman over whether a company that began as a nonprofit can later become a for‑profit entity without breaching its original mission, with Musk arguing it cannot. Musk—who co‑founded OpenAI and now runs the rival xAI—claims the 2022 $10 billion Microsoft investment and OpenAI’s shift to a capped‑profit model in 2019 (and its 2025 conversion to a public‑benefit corporation) violated the charity’s founding purpose, and he is seeking over $150 billion in damages, a forced return to nonprofit status, and a legal ruling on whether OpenAI’s models are approaching artificial general intelligence. OpenAI contends the suit is driven by personal rivalry and that Musk previously pushed for a for‑profit conversion himself; experts say a court‑ordered reversion to nonprofit is unlikely, though financial penalties may be awarded, and the case could set precedent for how future AI startups balance nonprofit origins with profit‑driven growth. Read more: https://observer.com/2026/04/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuit-trial/ #ElonMusk #SamAltman #OpenAI #lawsuits #technology #GregBrockman #YvonneRogers

Bloomberg Technology | How a Social Media Trial Verdict Threatens Big Tech by Peter Blumberg, Kurt Wagner A flood of lawsuits filed in recent years against social media giants claim that by engineering their platforms to be hard to resist, the companies are causing serious harm to young users. In the first case to go to trial, a jury on March 25 found Meta Platforms Inc. and Google negligent in the design and operation of their platforms – a landmark verdict. Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/how-a-social-media-trial-verdict-threatens-big-tech #bigtech #socialmedia #jury #lawsuits #verdict

Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties This is yet another Writer Beware post about allegations of royalties long left unpaid. But it’s also about the challenges of work-for-hire arrangements, and what can potentially go wrong when intellectual property repeatedly changes hands. The Complicated Background The BattleTech and Shadowrun franchises–which included both games and novels–were originally developed and published in the 1980s Read More The post Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties appeared first on Writer Beware. https://writerbeware.blog/2026/02/20/authors-and-authors-estates-sue-the-topps-company-for-unpaid-royalties #Contracts #Copyright #Lawsuits #Royalties

Judge rules #Massachusetts has the right to warn people about anti-abortion 'pregnancy resource centers' https://www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-rules-massachusetts-has-right-warn-people-about-anti-abortion #lawsuits