Elon Musk, the tech tycoon who has made himself a significant player in the AI boom, took the witness stand Tuesday in a closely watched federal trial that pits him against former allies Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in a dispute over the future direction of OpenAI and AI development in general.
Jury selection begins Monday in Oakland for a federal civil trial pitting tech tycoon Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a dispute that could reshape the AI industry.
A Texas college student accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home and the company’s headquarters had previously discussed “Luigi’ing some tech CEOs” in online conversations, according to newly revealed messages.
Anthropic has publicly come out against a proposed Illinois law supported by OpenAI that would protect AI companies from legal responsibility if their systems are used to inflict large-scale harm, such as mass casualties or property damage exceeding $1 billion.
Prosecutors said Monday that a man accused of throwing a lit Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home last week was attempting to kill him to prevent the “impending extinction” of humanity at the hands of AI.
OpenAI is backing an Illinois state bill that would protect AI companies from legal responsibility when their technology contributes to severe societal harms, including mass deaths or catastrophic financial losses.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco residence was struck by a second apparent attack early Sunday morning, just two days after a man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the property, according to San Francisco police.
San Francisco police have arrested a 20-year-old man on charges that he threw a Molotov cocktail at the residence of AI tycoon Sam Altman. The man also allegedly threatened to burn down OpenAI headquarters before his arrest. Altman is attempting to link the attack to a scathing expose by Ronan Farrow published this week, writing, “Words have power too. There was an incendiary article about me a few days ago.”
The man accused of perpetrating the deadly shooting at Florida State University in April 2025 was in “constant contact” with ChatGPT while planning the attack, according to attorneys representing one victim’s family who plan to sue OpenAI.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI has formally requested that the attorneys general of California and Delaware investigate what it characterizes as “anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk as a courtroom showdown between the AI moguls nears jury selection.
Journalists Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz have published an investigation into Sam Altman, the AI kingpin behind OpenAI, revealing a troubling history of deception and sociopathic tendencies. One former OpenAI board member explains, “He has two traits that are almost never seen in the same person. The first is a strong desire to please people, to be liked in any given interaction. The second is almost a sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences that may come from deceiving someone.”
Sam Altman arrived in Los Angeles for Vanity Fair’s Oscar afterparty earlier this month with OpenAI on the verge of licensing its Sora video generation tools to Hollywood studios, only to pull the plug on the project weeks later. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sora proved to be an expensive mistake.
OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video platform less than a year after its debut, marking a significant strategic pivot as the AI company refocuses its efforts on business productivity tools and potentially prepares for a public stock offering.
Breitbart News social media director and author Wynton Hall joined Larry Elder to discuss his new book, Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, explaining that conservatives must catch up to the left on AI, which is prepared to use this technology to censor the right and swing elections.
A marketing expert revealed on Friday that the ChatGPT platform displayed safety warnings for links to Republican fundraising websites while not showing similar alerts for Democratic fundraising sites. OpenAI blamed the bias of its AI system, the subject of the first chapter of the new book CODE RED, on a “technical glitch.”
Sam Altman’s OpenAI announced a partnership with North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) on Wednesday as the AI company accelerates its data center construction efforts across the United States.
The mother of a critically injured survivor from the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the AI giant behind ChatGPT, alleging the company failed to notify law enforcement about threats identified in the shooter’s discussions with its chatbot.
Emil Michael, the Department of War’s chief technology officer, has publicly described the pivotal moment when military leadership realized the extent of the Pentagon’s reliance on Anthropic’s AI technology, a discovery that preceded the recent breakdown in their relationship.
Caitlin Kalinowski, who led hardware and robotics operations at OpenAI since November 2024, has resigned from the company citing concerns about Sam Altman’s contract with the Department of War.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at a major tech conference that his company will likely cease further investments in AI firms OpenAI and Anthropic, citing the anticipated public offerings from the AI rivals later this year as the primary reason.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has sharply criticized OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in an internal memo, describing the rival company’s statements about its military contract as “straight up lies.”
The competition between AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI has reached a new level of intensity as users signal a shift towards “chatbot monogamy” rather than experimenting with multiple platforms.
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has publicly stated that his company moved too quickly on a recent agreement with the United States Department of War, announcing revisions to address concerns about surveillance and intelligence agency use designed to cool off the criticism he is taking from leftists.
A growing movement of leftist ChatGPT users are canceling their subscriptions following OpenAI’s announcement of a partnership with the Department of War to deploy AI models on classified networks.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy its AI models on classified networks, just hours after the Trump administration ordered the federal government to “immediately cease” using Anthropic AI following a battle for control of the artificial intelligence model.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to growing concerns about AI environmental impact by bizarrely comparing AI to humans growing through childhood. When pressed about energy consumption of his AI models, Altman responded, “It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
India sought to make a splash in the world’s fastest-growing tech industry this week by hosting an A.I. Impact Summit in New Delhi, with a who’s-who of industry leaders and artificial intelligence visionaries on the guest list. The summit was a public-relations disaster, because the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi evidently underestimated how much rivalry and personal animosity exists in the A.I. world.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the progress of Chinese technology companies as “remarkable” during an interview with CNBC, praising the communist dictatorship for its “amazingly fast” AI development.
A former OpenAI researcher has publicly resigned from the AI powerhouse in protest of its decision to introduce advertisements into ChatGPT, warning that CEO Sam Altman could be following the same troubled path as Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook.
OpenAI has terminated Ryan Beiermeister, a female executive, following allegations of sexual discrimination against a male colleague. Beiermeister opposed the company’s plans to release an “adult mode” of ChatGPT.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has clarified that the AI giant’s widely reported $100 billion investment in OpenAI was never a firm commitment, describing it instead as an invitation to invest up to that amount.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple CEO Tim Cook have joined a growing number of corporate executives expressing concern over immigration enforcement activities. Altman stated in an internal email that ICE is “going too far” while Cook expressed that he is “heartbroken” by the death of Alex Pretti, the man who violently clashed with federal agents on multiple occasions leading to his death.
OpenAI has hired Ann O’Leary, who served on Hillary Clinton’s presidential team and led Gov. Gavin Newsom’s transition, which has shocked some close to the Trump White House.
Elon Musk has requested damages ranging from $79 billion to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft in a lawsuit alleging that Sam Altman’s AI startup defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit mission.
A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has raised concerns about OpenAI’s financial sustainability, predicting the AI startup could deplete its capital reserves within the next year and a half, at which point it would be swallowed by another tech giant.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Health, a new feature that enables users to securely link their medical records and wellness applications to the AI-powered chatbot.
A federal judge in California has rules that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman contains sufficient evidence to warrant a jury trial, rejecting attempts by OpenAI’s legal team to have the case dismissed.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the AI company behind ChatGPT, is on the hunt for a new executive to lead its efforts in studying and preparing for potential safety risks associated with the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence technology.
OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a lawsuit claims the massively popular AI chatbot ChatGPT contributed to a Connecticut man killing his mother and then himself in August.
TIME has named Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and a cast of other tech titans as 2025’s “person of the year” under the collective moniker of “The Architects of AI.”
