FTC, DOJ backs key allegations in Elon Musk's antitrust case against Sam Altman's OpenAI, Reid Hoffman

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 FTC, DOJ backs key allegations in Elon Musk's antitrust case against Sam Altman's OpenAI, Reid Hoffman
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The feds have sided with Elon Musk on a key pillar of his high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Sam Altman-led OpenAI, Microsoft and billionaire Reid Hoffman, The Post has learned.

In November, Musk’s lawyers added Microsoft and Hoffman as defendants in an amended civil lawsuit targeting OpenAI. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI teamed with Microsoft in an illegal effort to monopolize the AI market in violation of federal antitrust law and its own nonprofit mission.

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