Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins
… A pop-up on the post on X’s mobile app says it was boosted by @elonmusk, who also owns the platform. …
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Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of SpaceX and also leads Tesla.
How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They ‘Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’
… Musk responded simply, “Yes.” Around the time Musk lost the power struggle, emails show that he held discussions with executives at Tesla and Neuralink, his brain-computer interface company, about hiring OpenAI employees. At the time, Musk was still a board member of OpenAI. …
Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
… Molo explained that Musk lobbied governments to pass regulations addressing the prospect of so-called artificial general intelligence, including meeting with then-president Barack Obama in 2015. “But the government was not stepping up,” Molo said. “Elon felt he had to do something.” Around the same… …
Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
… The document continues, “One major issue for Tesla is when people think of Elon and AI, they think of OpenAI.” Another part of the FAQ labeled “Who?” lists several Tesla executives who were planned to lead the unit, including Musk and Andrej Karpathy, a former OpenAI researcher. …
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
… Tesla Takedown helped promote the protests. “SpaceX wants the public to buy into the myth of the final frontier—but this is really a desperate cash-out before the cracks in Musk's empire become impossible to ignore,” Tesla Takedown tells WIRED. “Exploding rockets, a militarized Starlink, dangerous … …
Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
… Update May 18, 2026, 5:00 pm EST: This story was updated with comments from the judge, attorneys for Elon Musk and OpenAI, Microsoft, X posts from Musk, and additional background about the trial. …
Elon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI On to His Kids, Sam Altman Says
… However, there was little evidence on Tuesday to address the gaps in Musk’s legal case. Altman and Sam Teller, Musk’s former chief of staff, testified on Tuesday that they did not recall Musk ever attaching any special conditions to his donations to OpenAI. …
Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal
… Bravo considers Musk’s past attacks on other apps to be worrisome and self-serving. …
Some Musk v. Altman Jurors Don't Like Elon Musk
… On Tuesday, lawyers for OpenAI and Elon Musk will deliver opening statements, and the first witness in the case will be called to the stand. …
‘I Actually Thought He Was Going to Hit Me,’ OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Says of Elon Musk
… Zilis joined OpenAI’s board in 2020 and gave birth to Musk’s twins in 2021. She told Brockman about the children. But he learned that Musk was the father only later through news articles. When Brockman confronted her, “she said it was via IVF and it was entirely platonic with Elon,” he testified. …