Pakistan, May 19 -- Tech billionaire Elon Musk suffered a major courtroom setback after a California jury rejected his lawsuit against OpenAI, co-founder Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft. The unanimous verdict delivered by nine jurors marked a significant victory for OpenAI as the company continues expanding its influence in the global artificial intelligence industry. Jurors ruled that Musk filed the case after the legal deadline had already expired under California law, effectively ending the claims at trial level.

The lawsuit centered on OpenAI's transition from a nonprofit research organisation into a commercial business structure closely linked with Microsoft. Musk argued that the company abandoned its original mission after...