A judge denied Elon Musk's bid to stop Sam Altman from converting OpenAI into a for-profit, but the rivals are still set to have their day in court.

Elon Musk has lost his bid to block Sam Altman from transforming OpenAI into a for-profit entity – but a federal judge signaled Tuesday that she could expedite a trial to consider other elements of his antitrust case against the ChatGPT creator.

A judge denied Elon Musk’s move to halt OpenAI’s efforts to convert into a for-profit entity, saying he hasn't met “the high burden required for a preliminary injunction."

Musk does not have "the high burden required for a preliminary injunction" to block the conversion of OpenAI, said a judge in Oakland, California.

Elon Musk’s bid in court to block Sam Altman from restructuring OpenAI will be expedited for a trial in the fall of this year, a judge said.

A judge has refused to grant Elon Musk’s request to stop his rival Sam Altman from turning OpenAI into a for-profit company—for now. On Tuesday, the court denied Musk’s request for an injunction, which would have halted the corporate transformation while the court hears a case brought by Musk.

A federal judge sitting in Oakland on Tuesday denied Elon Musk’s request for immediate relief in his high-stakes lawsuit against Sam Altman and the artificial intelligence company OpenAI.

U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has rejected Elon Musk’s motion for an injunction that would have blocked OpenAI’s transition into a for-profit company.

US federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has denied Elon Musk's request for an injunction that would have immediately stopped OpenAI's conversion into a for-profit entity. Musk filed for an injunction late last year after suing OpenAI and Microsoft and accusing them of telling investors not to fund rival AI companies,

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk’s request to block OpenAI from becoming a for-profit company, finding the tech billionaire failed to show he was likely to succeed on the merits of the case.