OpenAI Trial: Jury Deliberations Begin on $134B Disgorgement and Altman Removal

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A nine-person federal jury in Oakland began deliberating whether Sam Altman and Greg Brockman violated charitable-trust law when converting the nonprofit AI lab into an $852B for-profit corporation. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers retains sole authority over final liability and will open a parallel remedies phase considering penalties up to $134B in disgorgement from OpenAI and Microsoft, plus potential ouster of Altman and Brockman. The verdict is advisory but carries enormous signaling weight for AI governance and nonprofit-to-profit conversions.