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When Sam Altman needed someone to beat Elon Musk in court, he hired a lawyer who had done it once before: William Savitt. Loading audio narration… Savitt was a natural choice to take the case. For decades, he’d occupied the upper echelons of corporate litigation. He represented Twitter in 2022,…
Elon Musk was grilled for nearly three hours by OpenAI’s lawyer on his second day of testimony in a high-stakes civil trial — and he will face more cross-examination on Thursday. Loading audio narration… Here are the biggest takeaways from his time on the stand on Wednesday as he was…
In early 2023, when Elon Musk began attacking OpenAI in public, Sam Altman sent him a text. Loading audio narration… He was upset.”i am tremendously thankful for everything you’ve done to help—i dont think openai would have happened without you—and it really fucking hurts when you publicly attack openai,” Altman…
Elon Musk says an AI-driven future will mean government handouts and citizens not needing to save for retirement, so we asked his longtime friend and fellow techno-optimist, Peter Diamandis, to break down the argument behind those claims. Loading audio narration… “Don’t worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10…
Elon Musk recently said the “best way” to handle job losses from AI would be for the federal government to pay a “universal high income” to every American. Loading audio narration… The Tesla and SpaceX CEO headed off concerns that doling out big checks would drive up prices: “AI/robotics will…
Elon Musk thinks he has a solution to AI-driven job losses: the government pays for everyone to live well. Loading audio narration… “Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said in…
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, plans to put its stockpile of computing power to use in a new arrangement with coding startup Cursor, according to people familiar with the matter. Loading audio narration… Cursor plans to train its latest AI coding model, Composer 2.5, on xAI infrastructure, the people said.…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company has nearly cleared out the last of its flagship cars. Loading audio narration… Only “a few hundred” Model S sedans and Model X SUVs remain in inventory, Musk said in a Wednesday post on X.The low inventory hasn’t been independently confirmed, but the…
Elon Musk’s chipbuilding megaproject has a new partner: Intel. Loading audio narration… The US chipmaker said on Tuesday it would join SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to help build Terafab, an ambitious plan to construct a series of enormous semiconductor fabs to produce chips for robotaxis, humanoid robots, and solar-powered data…
OpenAI is disrupting almost every industry in its path. But moving fast comes with costs. Loading audio narration… In its journey to transform from an AI research lab to one of the most valuable companies in the world, OpenAI — and its CEO, Sam Altman — face significant legal challenges.…
