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I went to Anthropic’s developer conference this week with Business Insider’s new AI reporter, Stephen Council. He’s a terrific writer and a joy to work with, so give him a follow. Loading audio narration… The big news: Anthropic is renting AI compute from a giant data center run by SpaceX.…
Former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis was asked under oath on Wednesday to clear the air about her complex, once-secret relationship with Elon Musk. Loading audio narration… Zillis, a decadelong executive at Musk’s companies and the mother of four of his children, testified as a witness in the ongoing Musk…
Anthropic is turning to Elon Musk for computing capacity. Loading audio narration… As the company faces a surge in demand for its AI coding service, Claude Code, Anthropic will use SpaceX’s Colossus One data center to meet the moment. Chief Product Officer Ami Vora announced the blockbuster deal at Anthropic’s…
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.…
