AI Industry & Drama — May 21, 2026

This Thursday morning, a federal jury in Oakland, California, dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, after less than two hours of deliberation. Both Reuters and the BBC confirm the jury found Musk waited too long to file his claims, missing the statute of limitations. This means the core questions of whether OpenAI strayed from its founding nonprofit mission and if Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman improperly enriched themselves were not ruled upon. Musk, who co