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May 19, 2026

OpenAI wins Musk lawsuit, Claude adds scientific research tools

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OpenAI secured a legal victory against Elon Musk, while Claude expanded its capabilities with new scientific research tools.

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ChatGPTChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI, won a major lawsuit against Elon Musk.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman.

8220;There was a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury’s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot,” Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said after the verdict was delivered. | The end of the case means that one major threat to OpenAI — a possible restructuring — is now off the table ahead of its reported IPO. | The verdict came in the middle of a hearing to determine the potentia… 8220;There was a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury’s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot,” Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said after the verdict was delivered. The end of the case means that one major threat to OpenAI — a possible restructuring — is now off the table ahead of its reported IPO. The verdict came in the middle of a hearing to determine the potential damages to Musk if the verdict had gone the other way. While that discussion is moot for now, the judge appeared unconvinced by the analogy Musk’s…… The…

Source · Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI | TechCrunch
Source · Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI | TechCrunch
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Claude

Claude

You can now use Claude to explore complex scientific topics like drug discovery and materials science through simple conversations.

The company has teamed up with Anthropic to integrate its scientific AI models directly into Claude — putting powerful drug discovery and materials science tools behind a conversational interface that requires no specialized computing infr… | 8220;Trained on real-world lab data and scientific equations, LQMs are AI models engineered for the quantitative economy, a $50+ trillion sector spanning biopharma, financial s… The company has teamed up with Anthropic to integrate its scientific AI models directly into Claude — putting powerful drug discovery and materials science tools behind a conversational interface that requires no specialized computing infr… 8220;Trained on real-world lab data and scientific equations, LQMs are AI models engineered for the quantitative economy, a $50+ trillion sector spanning biopharma, financial services, energy, and advanced materials,” the company sai… SandboxAQ’s customers tend to be computational scientists, research scientists, or………

Source · SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required | TechCrunch
Source · SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required | TechCrunch