Judge denies Musk’s initial bid to halt OpenAI’s for-profit shift but sets trial for fall

The judge rejected Musk’s request for a preliminary injunction but fast-tracked the dispute for a trial

A US judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk’s request for a preliminary injunction to pause OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit model but agreed to hear a trial in the fall of this year, the latest turn in the high-stakes legal fight.

The tech billionaire does not have “the high burden required for a preliminary injunction” to block the conversion of OpenAI, said Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a US district judge in Oakland, California.

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Advice to Keir Starmer: stop the fawning over Trump. Then help plan for a better world without him | John McDonnell

We need a ‘coalition of the willing’ capable of bringing together those in Europe and the global south. Britain should facilitate that

There are only so many times Donald Trump can be offered a state and royal visit to temper his political tantrums. With his latest attacks on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the halting of aid to Ukraine, it’s already clear that not even the offer of a bed for the night at Balmoral has worked.

The silver lining of the Trump experience over the past fortnight is hopefully that it leads to a more realistic appraisal not just of the implications of the re-election of this narcissistic, bullying, corporate thug, but an understanding of the role the US has played over generations. Trump and his gang members JD Vance and Elon Musk are just the ugliest of faces of the US global policy pursued for a century at least.

John McDonnell is MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was Labour’s shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

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‘The relationship is broken’: Canadians respond to Trump’s tariffs

Many plan to boycott US goods and say they will not cross the border while Trump is in office

“Since Donald Trump began his tariff threats against Canada and his ‘jokes’ about making Canada the 51st US state, I have not bought a single product originating in the US,” said Lynne Allardice, 78, a retired business owner from New Brunswick, Canada.

“Not a single lettuce leaf or piece of fruit. I have become an avid reader of labels and have adopted an ‘anywhere but the US’ policy when shopping. I will not visit the States while Trump remains in office, and most of the people I know have adopted the same policy.”

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‘A league of passion’: José Mourinho open to managing Rangers or Celtic

  • Mourinho states he is not looking to leave Fenerbahce
  • Takes aim at sacked Clement before Europa League tie

José Mourinho has not ruled out managing Rangers or Celtic. The Fenerbahce head coach is preparing for Thursday’s Europa League last-16 first leg in Istanbul against Rangers, who have Barry Ferguson in interim charge after the sacking of Philippe Clement.

Mourinho, whose Porto side beat Celtic after extra time in the 2003 Uefa Cup final to secure his first European trophy, took some of his coaching badges in Ayrshire in the 1990s. Asked whether coaching in Glasgow appealed to him, he said: “In this moment, no, because I have a job that motivates me and a job that demands loyalty. But why not in the future? People can say that the Scottish League is a league of two teams, but it’s a league of passion.

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