[jsLavaGoat]

He lost his trial. That is just the first phase of a lawsuit.

[mrhottakes]

No, it's effectively over.

[jsLavaGoat]

>effectively

right, that's my point. not entirely or literally.

Unless you drop it, there is never a case that is over at the trial phase. Anyone reporting on legal matters should know this language matters.

Also: it's not even "effectively" over:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/musk-altman-openai-trial-ver...

[jsLavaGoat]

Don't know why this was downvoted, Musk is appealing. I'm not expecting people to be civil procedure experts, but it's pretty much high school Government that there are appeals after trials. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/musk-altman-openai-trial-ver...