BBC News Briefing

15 May, 2026

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Alex Binley

Hello. Over the past three weeks, a legal showdown in California has pitted two of the biggest names in tech against each other. We've got the key takeaways as the case draws to a close. We also report on what we learnt from a recent release of US government documents on UFOs. And find out how much attention you paid to the news in the last seven days with our quiz of the week.

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What we learnt in Musk-Altman trial

An image shows Elon Musk and Sam Altman sitting in grey arm chairs on a stage. Musk wears blue jeans, a white shirt and a pale blue jacket. Altman wears dark blue jeans, a blue striped shirt and black jacket. Both men have short brown hair and are sitting in front of a brown background.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman pictured in 2015, the year they co-founded OpenAI. Credit: Getty Images

The eyes of the tech world have recently been focused on a court in Oakland, rather than screens. It's here that Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman - with whom he founded ChatGPT creator OpenAI - the company, its president and Microsoft, seeking $150bn (£112.6bn) in damages. He claims he was misled into donating millions of dollars and that the original non-profit mission was reneged on. Altman meanwhile claims Musk is trying to hobble a rival. Yet the case has been about more than just the two headliners and has seen a string of high-profile tech individuals give evidence, presided over by a no-nonsense judge who didn't allow lunch breaks. With the arguments finished, it's over to the jury, and ultimately Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, to decide what happens.

Five key moments

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