Almost certainly not, but that doesn’t necessarily disqualify it altogether. Luís Calderón Gómez, an associate professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law with expertise on tax laws and charities, tells WIRED that Musk may be acting out of self-interest, but he still may be in the right. “The cynical view is that Musk is trying to hinder OpenAI to get [xAI’s AI chatbot] Grok going. But even if that’s right, the right remedy for fraud is to unwind the structure and to have oversight going forward,” said Gómez. “[What Musk is doing:] It’s a good attempt to push back on that general commer
Musk v. Altman Is a Battle for OpenAI’s Soul… Earlier in the trial, Musk lawyer Steven Molo asked Musk if he ever called an OpenAI employee a “jackass.” Musk said “it’s possible” he did at some point, but that he didn’t mean for it to be offensive. “Sometimes you have to use language that gets people out of their comfort zone, if we’re going i… …
… Cardozo School of Law with expertise on tax laws and charities, tells WIRED that Musk may be acting out of self-interest, but he still may be in the right. “The cynical view is that Musk is trying to hinder OpenAI to get xAI’s AI chatbot Grok going. …
… Musk’s lawsuit was an after-the-fact contrivance by a competitor was overwhelming,” he said. Throughout the trial, Gonzalez Rogers questioned Musk’s motivation for fighting OpenAI. …
… More than that will join over time, but we won’t actively recruit them.” When asked about this exchange on the witness stand, Musk said he “wanted to know what’s going on.” In the same text thread, Musk wrote, “There is little chance of OpenAI being a serious force if I focus on Tesla AI.” Zilis re… …
… One widespread concern is the amount of power Musk holds over SpaceX and whether there are enough safeguards to hold the cofounder and CEO in check. Excerpts of the IPO filing seen by Reuters before it was published showed that the only person who can fire Musk is the billionaire himself. …
… While Grok’s free-wheeling nature is often framed by Musk as a selling point, it has landed xAI in hot water with regulators. …
… Aboard Air Force One Trump was joined on his flight from Washington DC for the summit in Beijing by a number of notable guests, including Elon Musk and Fox News host Sean Hannity, according to the press pool traveling with the President. …
… In another case, xAI allowed Grok to generate thousands of sexualized images of women and children, which spread widely across Musk’s social media platform X. …
… In practice, it turns figures like Elon Musk into geopolitical actors operating within a framework that wasn’t designed for them. …
… I had someone explain Elon Musk's Twitter takeover the other day, and I was like, "If there's one topic I know a lot about, it is this. I don't need you to tell me actually anything." Brian Barrett: Zoë has literally written the book on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. …