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Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied motions to dismiss Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. Musk alleges the AI companies violated antitrust laws by allegedly forming a partnership to monopolize the market and prevent investors from funding competing firms. The judge ruled that Musk’s claims regarding investor deterrence and potential harm to competition were plausible enough to proceed, rejecting the defendants’ argument that the claims were speculative. While some state law claims were dropped, the federal antitrust case will now advance to the discovery phase.
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