US judge denies OpenAI bid to review X Corp’s settlement with Apple
AAPL•Related disputes remain active
- Musk’s companies and Apple in separate court filings argued that their resolution, announced this week, must remain confidential.
- OpenAI in May defeated a separate lawsuit by Musk that accused the company of straying from its original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity rather than for profit.
- In another court, Apple is suing OpenAI for alleged trade secret theft. OpenAI has denied those claims.
- Apple, X and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI can keep the terms of their confidential settlement with Apple secret after a federal judge denied OpenAI's request for the agreement, which the ChatGPT maker said could help bolster its defenses in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit.
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Court says settlement is not relevant to the case
- In a ruling on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth sided with Musk’s companies, which had urged the judge not to force them to disclose details of the resolution with Apple to OpenAI.




