Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy
…Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had the lawyers read the inscription aloud for the press: “Never stop being a jackass.” It’s a commemoration OpenAI employees bought for research scientist Josh Achiam, who testified…
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Anthropic has officially filed to go public
After months of speculation about whether OpenAI or Anthropic would be first in their race to IPO, Anthropic on Monday reached a key milestone: filing to kick off the process with the…
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
…Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave OpenAI an in-demand supercomputer, Musk largely drafted OpenAI’s mission and heavily influenced its early structure, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared to want to lean heavily…
Everybody wants to rule the AI world
…After that, it’s time for some gadget news, starting with the ongoing rumors about OpenAI’s plan to build a phone. That plan makes perfect sense, is essentially OpenAI’s only…
The jury is leaving for the day. “I suspect it’s a nice day out there,” YGR says.
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI See all Stories Posted Apr 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM UTC E Elizabeth Lopatto The…
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
…An online campaign began among hundreds of OpenAI employees in which they posted a heart if they supported Altman’s reinstatement, and many posted the phrase, “OpenAI is nothing without its people…
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth.
…But the drama-filled marriage slowly devolved into a situationship, and the pair effectively separated in late April (though Microsoft is still OpenAI’s primary cloud partner — for now). This year’s…
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people
…And in the name of making sure OpenAI remained open, Musk was obsessive in his need for control over it. In closing arguments, Sarah Eddy, one of OpenAI’s attorneys, told the…
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
…Despite his fiduciary duty to OpenAI as a board member, he did not try to get Karpathy to stay at OpenAI when he said he heard Karpathy wanted to leave. (“I think…
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
…Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI” starting in 2017. The two met through OpenAI, and they had what she referred to as a “one off” before becoming “friends and colleagues.” The “one off,” she…