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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,…
Day Four of the blockbuster civil trial in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman began Thursday with Musk returning to the witness stand. Loading audio narration… Musk faced grilling by OpenAI and Altman’s lead lawyer, William Savitt, and a brief round of questioning by an attorney representing OpenAI backer Microsoft,…
Newly-revealed courtroom exhibits in the blockbuster case between Elon Musk and Sam Altman show how OpenAI nearly ended up with a different name — one intended as a jab at an AI rival. Loading audio narration… Musk and Altman, along with others, founded OpenAI in December 2015 as a nonprofit…
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 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…
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…
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.…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jon McNeill, founder of DVx Ventures and former president of sales at Tesla between 2015 and 2018. McNeill published his book, “The Algorithm,” on Tuesday, outlining how to apply the five-step framework in any organization. This interview has been edited for…
Elon Musk’s latest product is slowly appearing in gas stations, restaurants, and at ice cream counters.A small group of early users is already swiping — or at least photographing — their X Money debit cards in the wild. The posts offer the first real glimpse of a product Musk has…
