A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk’s request to dismiss claims brought by OpenAI accusing the tech billionaire of engaging in a “years-long harassment campaign” against the company.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled OpenAI’s counterclaims are “sufficient” and can move forward as part of the lawsuit Musk brought against the ChatGPT maker last year.

Musk, who helped found OpenAI in 2015, sued the artificial intelligence (AI) firm and its CEO Sam Altman last August.

He accused Altman of manipulating him into supporting the nonprofit by promising to focus on AI safety — a commitment Musk alleges Altman betrayed with OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft and push to become a for-profit company.

OpenAI, in turn, filed counterclaims against Musk in April, accusing the

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