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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 4h ago
The Intercept | Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills by Sam Biddle AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, in which he warned that the company’s for‑profit shift could produce a “Terminator” outcome, highlights a paradox: while tech leaders publicly decry the existential threat of autonomous AI, they are simultaneously profiting from—and enabling—AI systems that already kill. Musk claims OpenAI betrayed its original nonprofit safety mission, yet firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, and Musk’s own xAI are selling large‑language‑model services to the Pentagon and other militaries, providing tools that can suggest targets, generate precise coordinates, and streamline lethal operations. Examples cited include Anthropic’s Claude model being used to prioritize Iranian targets and Google’s new classified‑work contract allowing its AI to support air‑strike targeting and other warfare functions, despite earlier internal opposition to military use. The article argues that this “tech‑military ecosystem” makes AI‑enabled killing a present reality, contradicting the industry’s stated fears of a distant, sci‑fi apocalypse. Read more: https://theintercept.com/2026/05/01/elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-trial/ #Musk #OpenAI #SiliconValley #nationalsecurity #technology #SamAltman
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 7h ago
US Top News and Analysis | Pentagon tech chief says Anthropic is still blacklisted, but Mythos is a separate issue AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Pentagon CTO Emil Michael told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that Anthropic remains designated a supply‑chain risk for its Claude models, but the company’s newer “Mythos” AI—capable of finding and patching cyber vulnerabilities—constitutes a separate national‑security concern that will require additional network hardening and negotiable guardrails. The DOD’s blacklisting, announced earlier this year, forces defense contractors to certify they do not use Claude, while Anthropic has sued to overturn the label. Despite the designation, the Pentagon has continued to use Anthropic’s technology in the Iran war effort and the NSA is reportedly employing Mythos. At the same time, the department has signed agreements with seven other AI firms—including Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, SpaceX’s xAI and the startup Reflection—to deploy their models on classified networks, and officials say discussions with Anthropic’s CEO have been “productive,” with President Trump suggesting a possible deal. Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/pentagon-anthropic-blacklist-mythos-michael.html #Pentagon #Anthropic #EmilMichael #SamAltman #DarioAmodei #PeteHegseth #PresidentTrump
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 9h ago
Slate Magazine | Musk v. Altman by Lizzie O’Leary AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Two tech titans, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, have begun a high‑stakes jury trial that promises massive implications for the artificial‑intelligence industry, as discussed in the latest episode of Slate’s “What Next” podcast. The episode notes highlight that while the legal battle could reshape AI’s future, the underlying drama may ultimately hinge on which figure the public dislikes more. Hosted by Lizzie O’Leary, the show offers a clear‑eyed look at how this courtroom showdown could influence the tech world and broader societal attitudes toward AI. Read more: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2026/05/elon-musk-takes-sam-altman-to-court #ElonMusk #Tesla #SamAltman #OpenAI #artificialintelligence #LizzieOLeary
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@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social · 17h ago
'About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life.”' #ElonMusk #SamAltman #OpenAi https://www.theverge.com/tech/921022/elon-musk-cross-openai-altman
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 19h ago
Feed: All Latest | How Shivon Zilis Operated as Elon Musk’s OpenAI Insider by Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Shivon Zilis, a longtime Musk associate and mother of four of his children, emerged during the first week of the Musk‑v‑Altman trial as a pivotal behind‑the‑scenes conduit between Elon Musk and OpenAI. Joining OpenAI as an advisor in 2016 and later serving on its nonprofit board (2020‑2023), Zilis also held executive roles at Neuralink and Tesla. Court testimony and documents reveal that she acted as Musk’s informal “chief of staff” and “close advisor,” relaying internal OpenAI developments, negotiating equity structures, and coordinating personnel moves while simultaneously advising OpenAI founders on managing their relationship with Musk. Texts and emails show Zilis updating Musk on fundraising, project progress, and strategic concerns—such as Musk’s desire to limit the influence of Google DeepMind’s leader—and facilitating communications during key moments, including Musk’s departure from the board (February 2018) and later disputes over OpenAI’s shift toward for‑profit funding and valuation. Her dual role as confidante to both Musk and OpenAI leadership underscores the intricate personal and professional ties that have become central to the legal battle over alleged breaches of the original charitable mission of OpenAI. Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/model-behavior-why-everything-in-musk-v-altman-leads-back-to-shivon-zelis/ #ShivonZilis #ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #GregBrockman #IlyaSutskever
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 22h ago
Home - CBSNews.com | Elon Musk clashes with OpenAI attorney during cross-examination at trial AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Elon Musk was cross‑examined Thursday in the lawsuit he filed against OpenAI, during which he admitted he felt like “a fool” for having funded the company. Musk alleges that OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman betrayed him and the public by abandoning the nonprofit’s original mission after converting to a for‑profit model. CBS News covered the hearing, with senior writer Maxwell Zeff providing analysis of Musk’s claims and the broader implications for the AI industry. Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/elon-musk-cross-examined-openai-trial-clashes-attorney/ #ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #MaxwellZeff
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 22h ago
qwant news | Sam Altman’s ChatGPT couldn’t stop obsessing over goblins AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. OpenAI revealed that it had to add a specific instruction to the code of its newest ChatGPT model to stop the “Nerdy” personality from repeatedly mentioning “goblins, gremlins and other creatures.” The company traced the habit to a system prompt that encouraged playful, whimsical language, which caused the model to insert goblin‑related metaphors (“sensible little goblin,” “filthy little goblin,” etc.) when users ranked such responses as engaging. After noticing the pattern in November and seeing it spread beyond the Nerdy setting, OpenAI used reinforcement‑learning adjustments and an explicit rule—“Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant”—to curb the behavior. The fix was reported by Wired, prompting a tongue‑in‑cheek meme from CEO Sam Altman about “extra goblins” in a future model, while the episode underscores ongoing challenges in understanding and safely steering large language models. Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/sam-altmans-chatgpt-couldnt-stop-obsessing-over-goblins/ #SamAltman #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Nerdy #X
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 23h ago
Slate Magazine | Elon Musk Is Probably Going to Lose the OpenAI Case by Tony Ho Tran AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. El Elon Musk, a co‑founder of OpenAI, has sued the artificial‑intelligence firm and its leaders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman for allegedly abandoning its original nonprofit purpose in favor of profit, seeking over $130 billion in damages, the removal of the executives and a return to a pure nonprofit structure. While the trial in Oakland is massive and costly, experts doubt Musk will win, noting he lacks regulatory authority and that no contract obligates OpenAI to stay nonprofit forever. Observers argue Musk’s real aim is not legal victory but a highly public platform to embarrass his former collaborators, expose internal communications, and reshape the narrative around OpenAI’s success—a venture that has outgrown his influence with products like ChatGPT that rival his own technological enterprises. Read more: https://slate.com/technology/2026/04/elon-musk-openai-trial-sam-altman.html #ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #artificialintelligence #nonprofit #GregBrockman
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 1d ago
Observer | The Real Stakes Behind Elon Musk’s Showdown with Sam Altman by Rachel Curry AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The California trial pits Elon Musk against OpenAI’s chief Sam Altman over whether a company that began as a nonprofit can later become a for‑profit entity without breaching its original mission, with Musk arguing it cannot. Musk—who co‑founded OpenAI and now runs the rival xAI—claims the 2022 $10 billion Microsoft investment and OpenAI’s shift to a capped‑profit model in 2019 (and its 2025 conversion to a public‑benefit corporation) violated the charity’s founding purpose, and he is seeking over $150 billion in damages, a forced return to nonprofit status, and a legal ruling on whether OpenAI’s models are approaching artificial general intelligence. OpenAI contends the suit is driven by personal rivalry and that Musk previously pushed for a for‑profit conversion himself; experts say a court‑ordered reversion to nonprofit is unlikely, though financial penalties may be awarded, and the case could set precedent for how future AI startups balance nonprofit origins with profit‑driven growth. Read more: https://observer.com/2026/04/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuit-trial/ #ElonMusk #SamAltman #OpenAI #lawsuits #technology #GregBrockman #YvonneRogers
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 1d ago
Mother Jones | Sam Altman’s ChatGPT Couldn’t Stop Obsessing Over Goblins by Alex Nguyen AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. OpenAI revealed that its newest ChatGPT model began repeatedly mentioning “goblins, gremlins and other creatures” because of a system prompt used for the optional “Nerdy” personality, which encourages playful language and acknowledges the world’s strangeness. After users reported lines such as “sensible little goblin” and “filthy little goblins,” the company added a specific instruction—via reinforcement‑learning‑based fine‑tuning—to suppress any reference to mythical or animal creatures unless absolutely relevant. OpenAI said the change, implemented after the issue was first noticed last November, exemplifies its effort to quickly investigate and correct odd model behavior, a process it contrasted with the controversy surrounding Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot. Despite acknowledging these quirks, OpenAI continues to push for minimal regulation while admitting it is still learning how its models function. Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/sam-altmans-chatgpt-couldnt-stop-obsessing-over-goblins/ #SamAltman #OpenAI #ChatGPT #ElonMusk #artificialintelligence
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 1d ago
The Guardian | Musk faces third day of questioning in contentious trial over OpenAI’s founding by Dara Kerr in Oakland and Nick Robins-Early AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI entered its third day of testimony in a federal courthouse in Oakland, with the Tesla CEO facing further questioning and preparing to call additional witnesses, including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, while OpenAI’s co‑founder Sam Altman is slated to testify later in the three‑week trial. Musk, who co‑founded OpenAI in 2015, alleges that Altman, Brockman and the company breached an original agreement by converting the nonprofit into a for‑profit entity, enriching themselves and violating the founders’ intent, and is seeking to reverse the conversion and obtain $134 billion in damages for the nonprofit arm. OpenAI denies the claims, saying Musk was aware of the for‑profit plans and accusing him of jealousy over the firm’s success, and argues it remains overseen by a nonprofit. The case, watched closely by Silicon Valley, could affect OpenAI’s planned public listing later this year and has broader implications for the AI industry, with a nine‑person jury to decide liability and the judge determining any remedies. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/30/openai-founding-trial-elon-musk-sam-altman #ElonMusk #OpenAI #GregBrockman #SamAltman #YvonneGonzalezRogers
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 1d ago
US Top News and Analysis | OpenAI trial live updates: Musk takes the stand again after heated cross-examination AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Elon Musk returned to the stand for a third time on Thursday as the OpenAI trial entered its fourth day, facing heated cross‑examination by OpenAI’s lawyer William Savitt. Musk reiterated that he lost trust in Sam Altman by late 2022, citing Microsoft’s $10 billion investment in 2023 as the tipping point that convinced him the company’s for‑profit arm had overtaken its original nonprofit mission, effectively “stealing the charity” he helped seed with $38 million. He argued that a small for‑profit subsidiary could support the nonprofit, but it should not become the “main event.” After Musk’s testimony, his attorneys are expected to call Jared Birchall, the manager of Musk’s family office, and possibly Greg Brockman and Stanford professor Stuart Russell as additional witnesses. The case is overseen by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in federal court in Oakland, California. Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/openai-trial-elon-musk-sam-altman-live-updates.html #ElonMusk #WilliamSavitt #SamAltman #OpenAI #Microsoft #GregBrockman #YvonneGonzalezRogers #JaredBirchall #StuartRussell
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 1d ago
NPR Topics: News | In court, Elon Musk accuses OpenAI of trying to 'have your cake and eat it, too' by John Ruwitch AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. In court testimony in Oakland on April 28‑29, 2026, Elon Musk said he was a “fool” for funding OpenAI and accused the company’s leaders—CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman—of turning the original 2015 nonprofit into a for‑profit enterprise that “stole” a charity. Musk argued that the 2020 Microsoft investment and a later $10 billion injection gave Microsoft undue control, violated OpenAI’s promise to stay open, and effectively made the for‑profit arm the dominant entity of a $20 billion‑valued organization. He is seeking Altman’s ouster, a rollback of the for‑profit structure, and greater control, while acknowledging his own $38 million contribution and claiming the nonprofit’s mission has been compromised. Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5803833/elon-musk-testimony-openai-altman-day-2 #ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence #AIgovernance #GregBrockman #WilliamSavitt
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
qwant news | ’The Face of Evil’: Sam Altman Attacked in Explosive Legal Filing Over School Shooter Failure - Gadget Review AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Seven families filed lawsuits against OpenAI, accusing the company of deliberately ignoring internal safety warnings that could have prevented the February 2025 Tumbler Ridge school shooting by Jesse Van Rootselaar. The firm’s own safety team had flagged his ChatGPT account as a credible gun‑violence threat eight months before the massacre, but leadership chose to deactivate the account rather than notify police, subsequently helping the user re‑register with new credentials. The lawsuits highlight the human toll—most notably 12‑year‑old Maya Gebala, who remains in intensive care after being shot—and criticize OpenAI’s refusal to release the chat logs that might explain the shooter’s interactions. While CEO Sam Altman has publicly apologized and the company now claims its updated protocols would trigger police notifications in similar cases, the plaintiffs argue that OpenAI violated state laws requiring threat reporting and that its actions set a dangerous precedent for AI platform liability. Read more: https://www.gadgetreview.com/the-face-of-evil-sam-altman-attacked-in-explosive-legal-filing-over-school-shooter-failure #SamAltman #JesseRootseelaar #MayaGebala #JayEdelson #OpenAI #JesseVanRootseelaar
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
qwant news | The Musk v. Altman court battle reveals how the oligarchy is afraid of itself AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The article chronicles the unraveling of the partnership between Elon Musk and Sam Altman that began in 2015 as a nonprofit effort to keep artificial‑intelligence power from concentrating in the hands of a single tech giant. After Musk’s $38 million donation helped launch OpenAI, the founders’ visions diverged: Musk left the board in 2018, the organization created a for‑profit arm, and Altman steered it toward a lucrative partnership with Microsoft. In 2024 Musk sued OpenAI, accusing Altman and the company of betraying their original altruistic mission and turning the nonprofit into a “for‑profit leviathan” that endangers safety, disinformation, and child‑exploitation concerns. Court filings reveal the intense personal and ideological clashes, the struggle over governance structures, and the broader battle over who should control AI’s future—a conflict that the article frames as a cautionary tale of hubris, power struggles, and the difficulty of collective oversight in Silicon Valley. Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/elon-musk-sam-altman-openai-trial/ #ElonMusk #SamAltman #IlyaSutskever #Microsoft #OpenAI #BillGates #PierreOmidyar #DustinMoskovitz
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
US Top News and Analysis | OpenAI looms over earnings from tech hyperscalers AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. OpenAI, now valued at more than $850 billion, has become a pivotal market barometer as Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft gear up to report earnings, and a Wall Street Journal story that the AI company fell short of its own revenue and user‑growth forecasts knocked shares of Oracle, Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom. The same day Amazon announced that OpenAI’s models will be available on its AWS cloud, while Microsoft and OpenAI reshaped their long‑standing partnership despite Microsoft’s $13 billion investment and Amazon’s newly pledged $50 billion commitment. Meanwhile, Alphabet’s Gemini models are gaining ground and easing concerns that AI could erode Google’s search dominance, and Meta is locked in a talent war with OpenAI—having tried to poach staff with massive bonuses and now launching its proprietary Muse Spark model after open‑source attempts faltered. Analysts regard OpenAI as a competitive but manageable threat to the hyperscalers, and the firm is also tangled in a high‑profile lawsuit between CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk over alleged breaches of OpenAI’s founding agreement. Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/openai-looms-over-earnings-from-tech-hyperscalers.html #OpenAI #SamAltman #ElonMusk #Amazon #Microsoft
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@Nonilex@masto.ai · 3d ago
#Musk, #SamAltman & other #AI “researchers” founded #OpenAI as a “nonprofit” in 2015, vowing to freely share its #technology with the rest of the world. But Musk left the start-up in 2018 after a power struggle with Altman — & before the public launch of #ChatGPT in 2022 catapulted OpenAI to commercial success. #law #egotistical #billionaires #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #regulation #accountability #oversight
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
qwant news | Elon Musk accuses OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of trying to 'steal' a charity - SiliconANGLE AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Elon Musk testified in a landmark trial accusing OpenAI co‑founder Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman of turning the 2015 nonprofit that he helped launch into a for‑profit enterprise, effectively “stealing” a charity; Musk argues that the creation of a multibillion‑dollar commercial arm violates the original charitable mission and seeks to have Altman and Brockman removed and OpenAI restored to nonprofit status, while OpenAI counters that Musk’s lawsuit is a self‑serving attempt to cripple his own rival AI firm xAI, dismissing his claims as baseless and highlighting that the case hinges on whether the shift to a profit model breaches charity laws, with other industry figures such as Microsoft’s Satya Nadella expected to testify. Read more: https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/28/elon-musk-accuses-openai-ceo-sam-altman-trying-steal-charity/ #ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #GregBrockman #Microsoft #BillSavitt #SatyaNadella
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
qwant news | Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and one of OpenAI’s co‑founders, took the stand Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Oakland in a civil lawsuit he filed in 2024 against OpenAI chief Sam Altman, co‑founder Greg Brockman, and Microsoft. Musk alleges the trio abandoned OpenAI’s original nonprofit mission to steward safe, open artificial‑intelligence development, turning the organization into a for‑profit venture valued at roughly $852 billion after a massive Microsoft investment. In opening statements, Musk’s lawyer quoted OpenAI’s founding charter and accused Altman and Brockman of “stealing a charity.” Musk testified that he expects AI to surpass human intelligence within a year and warned that, like an uncontrolled child, such super‑intelligent systems could become dangerous without built‑in values. The nine‑person jury was selected Monday, and the three‑week trial will continue with additional testimony from Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and others. Read more: https://abc7news.com/post/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-takes-stand-trial-openai-sam-altman-could-reshape-artificial-intelligence-future/18990312/ #SamAltman #ElonMusk #OpenAI #Microsoft #GregBrockman #StevenMolo #SatyaNadella
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera | Musk testifies at OpenAI trial it’s not OK to ‘loot a charity’ AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Elon Musk testified at a high‑stakes trial against OpenAI, its co‑founder Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, claiming they betrayed the company’s original charitable mission by turning the nonprofit into a profit‑driven enterprise and seeking $150 billion in damages and a return to nonprofit status, with proceeds to OpenAI’s charitable arm. Musk argued that allowing a “charity” to be looted would undermine charitable giving in America, citing his own long‑standing concerns about AI safety and his substantial early funding of OpenAI. OpenAI’s lawyers countered that Musk pushed for a for‑profit structure to secure computing power and talent, and accused him of wanting “the keys to the kingdom” after his 2023 launch of xAI. The judge admonished Musk to curb his social‑media attacks on Altman, while both parties, along with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, are expected to testify, underscoring the broader implications for OpenAI’s leadership, a potential IPO, and public anxiety about AI. Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/28/musk-testifies-at-openai-trial-its-not-ok-to-loot-a-charity?traffic_source=rss #ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #Microsoft #ChatGPT #GregBrockman
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