OpenAI Co-Founder Dodges Musk Contempt Bid, For Now

By Bryan Koenig ( October 29, 2025, 7:24 PM EDT) -- A California federal magistrate judge refused Wednesday to let Elon Musk tee up contempt proceedings against an OpenAI co-founder for limiting what he'd say in a court-ordered second deposition and imposing conditions on a key document in the California federal court lawsuit challenging the ChatGPT maker's transition to a for-profit structure....

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