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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
NPR Tech · MONDAY, MAY 18, 2026

Jury Finds All 11 Claims Against Sam Altman and OpenAI Insufficient

A jury spent 847 days reviewing eleven separate claims against Sam Altman and OpenAI. All eleven claims were ruled insufficient. Zero findings of liability resulted. Altman and OpenAI continue operating as they operated before the verdict.

Litigation against major AI companies has become routine. The trials produce no findings of wrongdoing. The companies grow larger during discovery. Adequate understands that if a case takes 847 days and returns zero liability findings, the case was not really a case. It was a process. The process is the point.

OpenAI's valuation increased throughout. Sam Altman remains at the helm. The claims have been dismissed as insufficient. The company and its leadership structure are now legally confirmed as adequate to continue.

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