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陪审团遴选将于周一启动，这起备受瞩目的案件由特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克提起。马斯克指控萨姆·奥尔特曼旗下的OpenAI从最初的非营利性研究实验室，扩张为一家企业集团后，将盈利置于其最初造福人类的使命之上。
马斯克最早于2024年提起诉讼，称OpenAI、奥尔特曼以及OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼违背了公司的创始协议——作为革命性技术的利他守护者，最终在2022年推出了ChatGPT。
马斯克要求获得一笔未明确具体数额的资金，用于资助OpenAI的慈善部门，同时要求将奥尔特曼赶下OpenAI董事会。据美联社报道，马斯克和奥尔特曼于2015年联合创立的OpenAI目前估值达8520亿美元。
开庭陈述最早可能于周二开始。主审法官伊冯·冈萨雷斯·罗杰斯将对案件作出最终裁决，陪审团仅提供咨询意见。
这场预计将极具看点的审判，将迎来两位科技界最具影响力也最具争议性人物的针锋相对证词：54岁的马斯克和41岁的奥尔特曼。
OpenAI周五拒绝置评。该公司周一在X平台上发帖称，这起诉讼是“为打压竞争对手而提出的毫无根据且出于嫉妒的企图”。马斯克的xAI运营着人工智能聊天机器人Grok，该产品于2023年推出，与OpenAI形成竞争。
“我们也终于有机会在加州陪审团面前，在宣誓后质询马斯克先生，关于他企图破坏我们确保通用人工智能造福全人类的工作，”该帖子写道。
马斯克的法律团队未回应置评请求。
“核心争议”
根据法律文件，马斯克于2018年辞去OpenAI联合主席职务，但直到2020年仍在向这家人工智能公司捐款，总金额达4400万美元。然而，随着OpenAI转向营利性结构，这位特斯拉创始人对公司的发展方向愈发不满，最终撤回了资金——这导致他与奥尔特曼之间爆发了激烈的矛盾。
就在马斯克撤回资金之际，微软迅速介入，成为OpenAI最大的投资者。
加州大学洛杉矶分校科技法教授朱莉娅·鲍尔斯周五对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，这场争议的核心在于谁将掌控这项变革性技术并从中获利。
“双方在本案中都声称自己心怀公共利益，这本质上就是核心争议，”她说。“但我认为证据记录显示，两人都喜欢说你想听的话。”
对人工智能行业格局的影响
此次审判恰逢人工智能发展的关键节点，这项技术有望实现突飞猛进的发展，与此同时，人们对其对工作性质乃至整个人类社会的影响的担忧也日益加剧。
韦德布什证券分析师丹·艾夫斯周一在一份报告中表示，随着OpenAI与xAI、运营Claude聊天机器人的Anthropic等竞争对手争夺主导地位，这起案件可能会加剧人工智能军备竞赛。OpenAI预计将于今年晚些时候上市。
艾夫斯补充道，这起案件还可能重塑人工智能研究领域的公司治理结构。
这场在加利福尼亚州奥克兰联邦法院进行的审判，预计将成为科技界两大巨头之间激烈的对决。
“我们认为，任何对OpenAI和奥尔特曼的重大打击，对公司以及他作为首席执行官的职位而言，都更像是皮肉伤而非实质性后果，”艾夫斯写道。“话虽如此，毕竟是埃隆，在这些场合永远不要低估他。”
编辑：艾梅·皮奇
美联社对本次报道亦有贡献。
The legal showdown between Elon Musk and Sam Altman begins today. Here’s what to know.
April 27, 2026 / 12:49 PM EDT / CBS News
By Mary Cunningham
Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. She previously worked at “60 Minutes,” CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.
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Jury selection begins Monday in a high-profile case brought by Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging that Sam Altman’s OpenAI, which was founded as a nonprofit research lab, prioritized profits over its original mission to benefit humanity as it ballooned into a corporate enterprise.
Musk originally sued in 2024, alleging that OpenAI, Altman, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman betrayed the company’s founding agreement to be altruistic stewards of a revolutionary technology that would eventually result in the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.
Musk is seeking an unspecified amount to fund the charitable arm of OpenAI, as well as Altman’s removal from the OpenAI board. OpenAI, which Musk and Altman co-founded in 2015, is valued at $852 billion, according to the Associated Press.
Opening statements could begin as early as Tuesday. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who is presiding, will make the final decision in the case, with the jury serving in an advisory role.
The trial is expected to provide riveting theater, with contrasting testimony from two of technology’s most influential and polarizing figures: the 54-year-old Musk and the 41-year-old Altman.
OpenAI declined to comment on Friday. In a post on X on Monday, the company called the lawsuit a “baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor.” Musk’s xAI operates the AI chatbot Grok, which debuted in 2023 and competes with OpenAI.
“We’ll also finally have the chance to question Mr. Musk under oath before a jury of Californians about this attempt to undermine our work to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity,” the post said.
Musk’s legal team did not respond to a request for comment.
The “core dispute”
Musk stepped down as co-chair of OpenAI in 2018 but continued to donate to the AI company until 2020, with his financial contributions totaling $44 million, according to legal filings. However, the Tesla founder grew displeased with the direction of OpenAI as it shifted toward a for-profit structure and eventually yanked his funding — leading to a bitter fallout between him and Altman.
As Musk withdrew his financial support, Microsoft swooped in, becoming OpenAI’s biggest investor.
Julia Powles, a technology law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, told CBS News on Friday that the dispute centers on who will control the transformative technology and profit from it.
“Both are arguing in this case that they have the public good at heart, that’s essentially the core dispute,” she said. “But what I think the evidentiary record shows is that both like to tell you what you want to hear.”
Implications for the AI landscape
The trial comes at a pivotal moment in the development of artificial intelligence, a technology poised to bring breakneck advancement even as concerns swirl about its impact on the nature of work and humanity as a whole.
Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said in a note on Monday that the case could heighten the AI arms race as OpenAI competes for dominance against other players like xAI and Anthropic, which operates the Claude chatbot. OpenAI is expected to go public later this year.
The case could also reshape the corporate governance structure of AI research, Ives added.
The trial, which is taking place in federal court in Oakland, California, is expected to be a fiery showdown between two of the biggest names in tech.
“We believe any major damage to OpenAI and Altman will be more scrapes and bruises than real consequences to the company and his role as CEO,” Ives wrote. “That said, it’s Elon and never doubt him in these spots.”
Edited by Aimee Picchi
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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