Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, doesn’t think too highly of his scorned former collaborator Elon Musk, saying he will do “all sorts” of bad things - but won’t use his newfound political influence to take down competitors.

For an increasingly large swath of technology and politics, Elon Musk is the uber-powerful elephant in the room. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a rare person with the tech-industry clout to speak on Musk’s antics — and thwart his aims.

New filings in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI show two top tech investors back his allegation that the ChatGPT developer sought to unfairly quash competition.

The billionaire has openly challenged the cause of death for Suchir Balaji, which was ruled to be a suicide in November.

Encode, a nonprofit AI safety org, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk's injunction to halt OpenAI's transition to a for-profit.

Geoffrey Hinton is known for his work developing artificial neural networks, the foundation for AI, and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics in October.

The youth advocacy group Encode is supporting Musk's lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction that would stop OpenAI from becoming fully for-profit.

Encode, a nonprofit organization that co-sponsored California’s failed SB 1047 AI safety legislation, is joining forces with Elon Musk to oppose OpenAI’s plan to repivot as a fully for-profit company.

Nevertheless, the deals — and xAI’s developer and consumer-facing products — have driven xAI’s revenue to around $100 million a year. For comparison, Anthropic is reportedly on pace to generate $1 billion in revenue this year, and OpenAI is targeting $4 billion by the end of 2024.

There are two disparate views: artificial intelligence will either outperform humans really soon, or in some respects its improvements and results have plateaued. Nonetheless, it’s here to stay.

Everybody wants to be my friend,’ Trump has boasted on social media. And when it comes to a cadre of influential tech bros, he’s not wrong.