United Kingdom, May 19 -- Elon Musk has lost his high-profile court battle against Sam Altman and OpenAI after a California jury unanimously dismissed his claims.

Jurors ruled that Musk had filed the lawsuit too late, meaning his allegations were barred by the statute of limitations and could not proceed on their merits.

The case centred on Musk's claims that Altman had betrayed OpenAI's founding non-profit mission by transforming the ChatGPT maker into a more commercially driven business after Musk donated $38 million during the organisation's early years.

Musk argued that OpenAI and Altman had misled him over plans to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity rather than profit. He also accused Microsoft of helping ...