Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Elon Musk\u2019s lawsuit against OpenAI and chief executive Sam Altman has taken a significant step towards trial after a California judge rejected the ChatGPT maker\u2019s attempt to dismiss the case.The ruling keeps the two billionaires on track for a legal showdown as they compete for primacy over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence.Musk, an OpenAI co-founder who donated much of the capital to get it off the ground, claims the group\u2019s ongoing efforts to convert from a non-profit to for-profit entity constitute a breach of contract and fraud.The Tesla chief filed a suit against Altman, OpenAI and the $300bn company\u2019s biggest backer, Microsoft, last year and sought a preliminary injunction to block OpenAI\u2019s conversion.A judge denied the request to block in March but also agreed to expedite the trial \u2014 currently scheduled for March 2026 \u2014 by holding back some of the claims in the original lawsuit.The judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District of California, dismissed some aspects of the case on Thursday but concluded that Musk\u2019s lawyers had made sufficiently sound allegations for it to proceed.\u201cIn the world of litigation this is a big win,\u201d said a person close to Musk, emphasising that Gonzalez Rogers had retained a number of \u201cbig-ticket items\u201d, including Musk\u2019s argument that OpenAI engaged in fraud.\u201cMusk adequately alleges that the defendants promised to maintain OpenAI\u2019s non-profit status and structure in order to obtain his contributions, and that they intended to do so in order to obtain the capital needed to create a for-profit venture to enrich themselves,\u201d the judge wrote in her ruling.Gonzalez Rogers also denied OpenAI\u2019s bid to dismiss Musk\u2019s claim that a contract existed between Musk and OpenAI. \u201cAlthough there is no express contract, Musk adequately pleads in the alternative that there is an implied-in-fact contract,\u201d she wrote.OpenAI can appeal against the decision.The company is trying to simplify its novel corporate structure to become a for-profit public benefit corporation, in part to ensure it can more easily raise capital from outside investors. It is currently governed by a non-profit board with a mission to create powerful AI for the benefit of all humanity.Its efforts to convert to a for-profit have drawn criticism from former employees and AI experts including Geoffrey Hinton, Margaret Mitchell and Stuart Russell, who say the move would transfer control of the development of such tools to a company driven by profits.OpenAI declined to comment. The company countersued Musk last month, arguing that his efforts to derail its conversion were \u201cbad-faith tactics to slow down OpenAI and seize control of the leading AI innovations for his personal benefit\u201d.Musk is the founder of xAI, which is developing similar technology to that of OpenAI.Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Musk\u2019s legal team declined to comment.Additional reporting by Michael Acton and Stephen Morris in San Francisco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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