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Musk’s lawyer hammers OpenAI co-founder over nearly $30 billion stake in organization

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OAKLAND, Calif. — OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman disclosed in a trial Monday that his stake in the firm is worth nearly $30 billion, confirming a figure that co-founder Elon Musk has pointed to in arguing that OpenAI has abandoned its mission as a nonprofit organization. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited … Read more

Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI seen as a ‘test case’ for AI ethics

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A dispute between ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, and one of the company’s founders – billionaire and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk – will play out in a federal court in Oakland, California, beginning April 27.  Mr. Musk, who left the company in 2018, is suing OpenAI, claiming its leaders manipulated him into thinking he was contributing … Read more

Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence software, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people without their consent, despite his company’s pledge months ago to halt abusive deepfakes after a public backlash and government investigations. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A review by NBC News found dozens … Read more

U.S. Marshals waived training rules for Musk’s armed DOGE security, emails say

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Members of Elon Musk’s private security team were deputized as federal agents last year even though some of the billionaire’s guards lacked the required training and law enforcement experience, according to newly released government emails. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The emails shed new light … Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX files confidential initial public offering, reports say

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Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in what could be the largest stock market debut ever, according to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. The space exploration company submitted a draft IPO filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that puts it on track for a June listing, the news outlets reported, … Read more

White House turns down Elon Musk’s offer to pay TSA workers during DHS shutdown

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The White House has rejected an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to fund pay TSA workers during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted airport travelers across the country, several sources told CBS News.  The suggestion was taken seriously by Trump administration officials, but there could be legal challenges for Musk to cover the pay, … Read more

Baltimore sues Musk’s xAI over Grok’s creation of sexually explicit images

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The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, alleging that its tool, Grok, has continued to generate non-consensual sexual images in violation of the city’s consumer protection and deceptive practice laws. The complaint claims that users on Musk’s social media platform X are at risk of being … Read more

What is Elon Musk’s Terafab chip project? Here are his “most epic” goals for the factory.

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Elon Musk, famously a man with big ideas, is building a semiconductor plant vast enough to power those ambitions. Musk on Saturday announced what he calls the “Terafab,” a semiconductor manufacturing plant to be located in Austin, Texas, that will produce chips for Tesla vehicles, SpaceX spaceships and Optimus humanoid robots. Currently, Musk’s companies rely … Read more