Two of the most powerful forces in the AI industry are set to collide this year: Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman. Here's what you need to know.
According to a report in the Financial Times, lawyers for Musk have contacted attorneys-general in Delaware and California to demand that a large stake in OpenAI be sold off in an open auction process.
While they didn't support Musk's allegations directly, the feds added weight to his interpretation of antitrust law.
A California court will hear arguments in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton has added his
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, the mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, Poornima Ramarao, reiterated that her son’s death was not a suicide and alleged major lapses in the investigation. The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, however, ruled Balaji's death as a suicide.
Resharing the clip, where the mother casts her doubt over the current probe into her son's death, Musk posted it with the caption, "Extremely concerning."
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OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji had documents against the company and they murdered him in order to hide something they want nobody to know, his mother Poornima Rao claimed in a bombshell interview.
Musk dropped the lawsuit but filed another one against Altman and OpenAI, this time elevating his accusations to claim OpenAI worked with Microsoft, an investor, to create a monopoly. The billionaire also alleged the company violated its founding claim as a nonprofit by pursuing profit. OpenAI has denied the allegations.
In his letter, Musk’s lawyer pushed the attorneys general to allow outside investors to bid for the nonprofit’s stake in OpenAI. If successful, that could allow an outside investor to take a significant position in, and to exercise control over, the start-up.
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The feds have sided with Elon Musk on a key pillar of his high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Sam Altman-led OpenAI, Microsoft and billionaire Reid Hoffman, The Post has learned.