AI News Digest

Sources: The Verge, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Wired, VentureBeat, AI News, MIT Tech Review, The Information, Reuters Tech

Scoring criteria: Prioritize news covering enterprise AI automation and agentic workflows, particularly developments in low-code/no-code tooling, AI-powered service delivery, and business process automation across platforms like Microsoft 365, Power Automate, Salesforce, and Notion. Surface stories on MCP (Model Context Protocol) ecosystem growth, Claude, Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI product updates, and AI integration patterns relevant to enterprise SaaS environments. Highlight practical deployments of AI in IT service management, citizen developer enablement, and cross-regional team operations. Include coverage of AI governance, prompt engineering advances, and emerging patterns in AI-assisted software delivery pipelines. De-prioritize consumer AI gadgets, gaming AI, and speculative AGI timelines unless they have direct implications for enterprise tooling or workplace automation.

AI Summary

OpenAI's launch of voice intelligence features in its API is the most significant development, directly impacting enterprise customer service and integration capabilities. Other key news includes Anthropic's AI uncovering numerous cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and updates to AI agent integration with platforms like Spotify, alongside shifts in consumer AI products with potential enterprise downstream effects.

1. [10/10] All the latest updates on AI data centers

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-08T14:45:08-04:00 (8h ago)

OpenAI's API now offers voice intelligence, a move that directly enhances enterprise applications in customer service and broader AI-driven communication workflows.

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.  From audacious plans to launch data centers into space to the latest legal battles over pollution, The Verge has the biggest news and reporting surrounding data centers. 43 percent of Americans blame data centers as a major reason for rising power bills. A 40,000-acre data center project was just approved in Utah, despite outcry from the community. A political battleground is forming around data centers. Are AI data centers coming to your area? Data centers will soon have to complete “mandatory” energy usage surveys. “A data center should not be a potential death sentence for a community’s health.” Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Abu Dhabi Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use Arm’s first CPU ever will plug into Meta’s AI data centers later this year Lake Tahoe has to look for a new power source as data center demand soars. How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers Trump claims tech companies will sign deals next week to pay for their own power supply Anthropic says it’ll try to keep its data centers from raising electricity costs How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project Microsoft wants to rewire data centers to save space New York is considering two bills to rein in the AI industry Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers Microsoft gets approval to build 15 data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Meta is spending millions to convince people that data centers are cool and you like them The winter storm tested power grids straining to accommodate AI data centers Microsoft wants to build 15 data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. OpenAI says its data centers will pay for their own energy and limit water usage ICE hits Meta data center project. Amazon is buying copper harvested by bacteria for its data centers Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers Data center projects are dropping like flies. That’s a lot of money for just one data center job. Alphabet is acquiring a data center company. Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning Democratic lawmakers are investigating data centers’ impact on electricity costs Billionaires want data centers everywhere, including space AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025 Racks of AI chips are too damn heavy The scramble to launch data centers into space is heating up Data center construction moratorium is gaining steam Satya Nadella acknowledged that data centers are “putting a lot of pressure” on power grids. The largest power grid system in the US is considering rolling blackouts because of energy-hungry data centers. Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages Nvidia says some AI GPUs are ‘sold out,’ grows data center business by $10B in just three months Data centers are already influencing the global forecast for clean energy. Anthropic will invest $50 billion in building AI data centers in the US Google has a ‘moonshot’ plan for AI data centers in space Google is turning on the gas for its data centers Why data centers are building their own power plants Electricity costs are up to 267 percent higher than they used to be in communities near data centers. Microsoft says this new cooling method could enable more powerful chips and efficient data centers OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announced five new AI data centers as part of Stargate. Microsoft is turning Foxconn’s empty buildings into the ‘world’s most powerful’ AI data center Nvidia invests $5 billion into Intel to jointly develop PC and data center chips Tech companies ‘be on alert,’ NAACP says with new guiding principles for data centers Meta faces Democratic probe into plans to power a giant data center with gas Amazon is investing billions more into its Mississippi data centers. Mark Zuckerberg wants you to know he has a big AI data center, too Bill Gates’ nuclear energy startup inks new data center deal OpenAI and SoftBank are starting a $500 billion AI data center company CBS News reports OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank will announce a “Stargate” AI data center project. Joe Biden signs executive order to speed AI data center construction Go read this report on Arizona data centers and those without power in the state. Google’s future data centers will be built next to solar and wind farms Meta is putting a $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana. xAI competitors are flying spy planes over the ‘Colossus’ data center. New AI data centers could raise Americans’ electricity bills. Some Memphis residents are pissed about xAI’s new data center. Can Meta clean up its data centers with geothermal energy? xAI faces accusations its data center is polluting the air. This climate tech startup wants to capture carbon and help data centers cool down Google plans to reuse heat after expanding a data center for AI AI and crypto mining are driving up data centers’ energy use Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running The environmental impact of the AI revolution is starting to come into focus How data centers at public pools can keep swimmers warm Can hydrogen fuel cells power Microsoft data centers?

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/902546/data-centers-ai-energy-power-grids-controversy

2. [10/10] Everybody wants to rule the AI world

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-08T09:31:37-04:00 (14h ago)

OpenAI's API now offers voice intelligence, a move that directly enhances enterprise applications in customer service and broader AI-driven communication workflows.

Sometimes, companies pick CEOs based on carefully laid succession plans designed to maximize investor confidence and future performance. Other times, apparently, companies pick CEOs based on a bunch of video calls while the current CEO is texting the former CEO about who the new CEO even is. Such was the story of The Blip, the days in 2024 when Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI. We knew that situation was chaotic; the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial is showing just how chaotic it really was. Verge subscribers, don't forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Vergecast wherever you get your podcasts. Head here. Not a subscriber? You can sign … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/podcast/926707/openai-ceo-murati-musk-trial-vergecast

3. [9/10] PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-08T12:30:56-04:00 (11h ago)

Anthropic's Mythos model demonstrably unearthing a high volume of severe cybersecurity bugs indicates a significant leap in AI-assisted vulnerability detection with direct enterprise security implications.

As part of an earnings presentation on Friday, Sony shared how it's thinking about AI at the company, including many details about how it's evaluating AI as part of making PlayStation games. Generative AI has recently been showing up in bigger games - though many indie developers still reject it - and while Sony calls AI a "powerful tool," it says that the "vision, the design, and the emotional impact of our games will always come from the talent of our studios and performers." and that "AI is meant to augment their capabilities, not to replace them." At its own studios, Sony says that developers are "automating repetitive workflows, improv … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/games/926914/sony-playstation-ai-powerful-tool-games

4. [9/10] Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-08T11:25:02-04:00 (12h ago)

The successful application of Anthropic's Mythos AI in finding critical Firefox vulnerabilities highlights a powerful new paradigm for enterprise cybersecurity and software assurance.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. | Image: Getty Images When OpenAI was busy experimenting with AI-powered gaming bots, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were in the early days of forming an AI partnership. Court documents from the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial have provided a rare look at the communications between Microsoft's top executives about investing in OpenAI and fears the AI startup could "storm off to Amazon" and "shit-talk" Microsoft. Just days after OpenAI showed a bot beating a Dota 2 professional in the summer of 2017, Altman responded to Nadella's congratulations email with a proposal for a much bigger partnership with OpenAI to fund its next phase of AI resear … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/report/926771/microsoft-openai-amazon-worries-shit-talk-azure

5. [9/10] Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-07T15:55:22-04:00 (1d ago)

The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry's biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT maker. The explanation? That Altman was "not consistently candid in his communications with the board." Now, via witness testimony and trial exhibits in Musk v. Altman, the public is getting a concrete look behind the scenes of that dramatic weekend for the first time, much of it centered on former CTO Mira Murati. It was a unique situation in that the roller coaster of a power play - which seemed to change every hour - took place, in many ways, publicly. The board's strikingly vagu … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/926383/mira-murati-sam-altman-musk-trial-ouster

6. [9/10] Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-07T15:39:22-04:00 (1d ago)

The successful application of Anthropic's Mythos AI in finding critical Firefox vulnerabilities highlights a powerful new paradigm for enterprise cybersecurity and software assurance.

AirPods Pro 3. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple's rumored AirPods with cameras are nearing a stage where the company will test early mass production, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Currently, Apple testers are "actively using" prototypes that are in the design validation test stage, which is one step before the production validation test stage. The AirPods' cameras "aren't designed" to snap photos or video but instead can take in "visual information in low resolution" that users can query Siri about, like asking the AI assistant what they should cook with the ingredients they have in front of them, according to Gurman. They may also use the cameras to help with things like turn-b … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/926376/apple-airpods-cameras-ai-production

7. [8/10] Nanoleaf bets its future on robots, red light therapy, and AI

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-08T08:15:00-04:00 (15h ago)

Spotify's ambition to host AI-generated audio, including podcasts created by models like Claude, points to growing integration of AI agents in content creation workflows across major platforms.

Nanoleaf teased a trio of new products focused on embodied AI as it looks to move its brand beyond smart lighting. | Image: Nanoleaf Smart lighting company Nanoleaf has been unusually quiet recently. While competitors such as Govee and Philips Hue have been pumping out new products and innovative features at an impressive pace, Nanoleaf has launched just a handful of smart lighting products in the last two years. There's a reason for this lull - the company has been going through a "brand evolution" focused on wellness, robotics, and, of course, AI. "The smart home is getting kind of boring," says the ever-candid Gimmy Chu, CEO and cofounder of Nanoleaf, which he now doesn't want me to call a smart lighting company. "Our brand needs to evolve to incorporate some of the … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/926342/nanoleaf-smart-lighting-ai-robotics-red-light-wellness

8. [8/10] SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-07T15:26:16-04:00 (1d ago)

The emergence of tools allowing AI agents to directly integrate generated content into major platforms like Spotify signifies evolving patterns in AI-powered content creation and service delivery.

Elon Musk's plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly. As the The New York Times and CNBC report, SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion into its "Terafab" chip plant in Austin, Texas. That's according to the details of a public hearing notice filed in Grimes County, Texas, for a meeting to request tax breaks for the project. The company says that if additional phases are constructed, its investment could someday balloon to $119 billion total. When Musk initially announced the project in March, he shared ambitious plans for it to produce enough chips to support up to 200 gigawatts per year of com … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/926356/spacex-terafab-plant-cost-ai-chips

9. [8/10] ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-07T14:00:00-04:00 (1d ago)

Spotify's ambition to host AI-generated audio, including podcasts created by models like Claude, points to growing integration of AI agents in content creation workflows across major platforms.

OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that allows adult users to assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns. Friends, family members, or caregivers designated as a "Trusted Contact" will be notified if OpenAI detects that a person may have discussed topics like self-harm or suicide with the chatbot. "Trusted Contact is designed around a simple, expert-validated premise: when someone may be in crisis, connecting with someone they know and trust can make a meaningful difference," OpenAI said in its announcement. "It offers another layer of support alongside the localized helplines already available … Read the full story at The Verge.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/925874/chatgpt-trusted-contact-emergency-self-harm-notification

10. [7/10] Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-07T13:40:50-04:00 (1d ago)

The widespread availability of Perplexity's AI agent on macOS signifies advancements in making sophisticated AI tools accessible for broader enterprise and individual productivity.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. Elon Musk, his financial manager and Neuralink CEO, Jared Birchall, and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman have already testified before the jury. Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member who shares four children with Musk, took the stand on Wednesday, and the courtroom also watched former OpenAI CTO Mura Murati’s videotaped deposition. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is scheduled to appear on Monday, May 11th, with OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever lined up to testify after that. Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and claims that Altman and Brockman tricked him into giving the company money, only to turn their backs on their original goal. However, OpenAI says that “This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor” in a bid to boost Musk’s own SpaceX / xAI / X companies that have launched Grok as a competitor to ChatGPT. In his lawsuit, Musk is asking for the removal of Altman and Brockman, and for OpenAI to stop operating as a public benefit corporation. Musk has also demanded that OpenAI’s nonprofit receive up to $150 billion in damages he’s asking for if he wins the case. People to Know Plaintiff Elon Musk — plaintiff, OpenAI cofounder and now CEO of rival xAI Steven Molo — lead counsel for plaintiff Jared Birchall — manager of Musk’s family office Shivon Zilis — former OpenAI board member who shares multiple children with Musk Defendant Sam Altman — defendant, CEO of OpenAI  William Savitt — lead counsel for defendant Greg Brockman — president of OpenAI as well as a cofounder  Ilya Sutskever — former chief scientist at OpenAI and a cofounder Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers — aka YGR, trial judge Here’s all the latest on the trial between Musk and Altman: Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster Oh this tack is more effective. Then OpenAI lawyer is going after Columbia… This cross of Schizer is pretty weak. Basically everything Schizer is saying is couched as a hypothetical… We are now hearing from David Schizer, one of Musk’s expert witnesses. We are still listening to McCauley. Tasha McCauley is testifying now in a video deposition. “Do you have any idea how you ended up in this courtroom?” I am having a hard time taking Rosie Campbell seriously. We are now hearing from Rosie Campbell, a former OpenAI employee. OpenAI’s board discussed merging with Anthropic during “the Blip.” Helen Toner is now talking about the board’s decision-making process. YGR is back on the bench. Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability We are going through the removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI in detail. Toner is relating how Sam Altman’s firing happened. Toner says she found out about ChatGPT by seeing screenshots on Twitter. Making AI models is “more like alchemy than chemistry,” Toner says. We are now looking at Helen Toner’s deposition. Microsoft would like to be excluded from this narrative. “It’s not in my neurons,” Zilis says, instead of “I don’t remember.” Sarah Eddy, an attorney representing OpenAI, got sarcastic with Zilis. Shivon Zilis brainstormed possible scenarios for AI. Musk offered Sam Altman a board seat at Tesla… Shivon’s emails aren’t great for Musk. The big sticking point for Brockman and Sutskever was control. Sam Altman loves exclamation marks. Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words Zilis’ past emails mentioned in court proceedings include her referencing a potential “conversion to for-profit” for OpenAI. This is getting interesting. Zilis sent Altman a text message of support after his 2023 ouster. Zilis said another concern she had about Altman related to OpenAI’s potential deal with Helion. Also in the spirit of clarifications this morning… Zilis said she had major concerns about OpenAI’s board not being notified in advance of ChatGPT’s release. Zilis said that the fallout from Altman’s 2023 ouster changed her view of OpenAI’s Microsoft deal. When asked how much Musk works per week, Zilis laughed. Musk’s team has called Shivon Zilis. Murati says problems with Altman persisted after he returned to the company. “OpenAI was at catastrophic risk of falling apart” when Altman was fired, Murati says. We are seeing video testimony from Mira Murati’s deposition. We are clearing up “a few inaccuracies from yesterday.” We are taking care of some matters before the jury comes in. Microsoft and OpenAI’s definition of AGI was just revealed. The jurors look as bored as I feel. Brockman steps down. We are looking at the video deposition of Robert Wu. Brockman is telling the truth about considering removing Musk from the board. Every time Molo makes a summary of Brockman’s testimony, Brockman objects to it. We are now fighting about “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a non-profit.” One other thing I don’t understand… Molo is trying to reiterate what he did more effectively yesterday. “You had no problems answering your lawyers’ questions,” Molo is practically yelling. Molo asks Brockman if Musk was “being mean” to him. We are back to quibbling. We are now discussing the OpenAI Foundation layoffs. Microsoft is done, bless them. Microsoft is now getting to talk to Brockman. The blip. We are now discussing Shivon Zilis. We are now going through the assorted releases of GPT models. When Musk resigned, he gave a speech to OpenAI’s employees that might have been demoralizing… One observation from Brockman and Sutskever’s emails. We are now recontextualizing more entries from Brockman. There were discussions between Brockman, Altman, and Sutskever about removing Musk from the board. We are back from a break. “I thought he was going to hit me,” Brockman says of Musk. Elon Musk doesn’t love anything he can’t control. Sam Altman discussed an equal equity split… We are now discussing Brockman’s journal. Brockman talks Dota 2. Elon Musk tried to get Bill Gates to donate to OpenAI. First sidebar of the trial. OpenAI had layoffs at Musk’s insistence. Greg Brockman tells the court that while at OpenAI, he and three others worked at Tesla. YGR is on the bench. Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question Jury is sent out for the day. We are hearing about the early days of OpenAI. Early worries about Musk came from Ilya Sutskever. Brockman is describing his bromance with Altman. “I do all the things.” Brockman says we are 80 percent of the way to AGI. Open AI’s direct examination of Brockman is pretty sedate so far… aside from Tesla. OpenAI’s lawyers are now getting their shot at Brockman. For real, I think nerds should not testify in court. We are now looking at Brockman’s other financial dealings. We finished with the Microsoft investment pretty quickly. Altman didn’t return after we took our break. We are presently having a fight about purple boxes. We have been doing the same question for perhaps the last five minutes. “Financially what will take me to $1B?” “His story will correctly be that we weren’t honest with him in the end about still wanting to do the for profit just without him.” Greg Brockman’s journal: “it’d be wrong to steal the non-profit from him.” Brockman is not doing himself any favors. Brockman’s cross-examination isn’t as testy as Musk’s, but he’s also pushing back on a lot of questions. Is sending stuff to Sam Teller and Shivon Zilis the same as sending it to Musk? Brockman and Altman’s alliance? “Is Demis Hassabis evil?” Greg Brockman is talking about the earliest days of OpenAI. Greg Brockman and Sam Altman have just entered the courtroom. We’re done with Russell. “The age of abundance for Elon.” Oh now we have some meat. Elon Musk’s expert doesn’t follow him on X. I am befuddled by this expert testimony. We are dealing with the cross now. Sure is lucky that mentions of Grok’s safety issues got limited. Individual vs. systemic risk. We now have a very boring expert witness testifying to AI risks. Stuart Russell is here to tell us about AI. “I need that today. That’s good. I like that.” Greg Brockman won’t be asked about Musk’s threat. Elon Musk tried to settle before the trial — and got threatening. Musk v. Altman is getting a live audio stream next week. OpenAI Tesla receipts and other Musk v. Altman documents. All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman Here’s how Gabe Newell and Hideo Kojima ended up in the Musk v. Altman evidence. The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room Jury is being dismissed early so YGR can deal with an objection to Birchall’s testimony. Birchall is actually very funny outside of court? Good for him. We are now hearing about the pause in quarterly donations. We’re back. Second break of the day. Birchall cross. Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok Birchall has just been asked about the four Teslas. Birchall testifies about Musk’s contributions to OpenAI. A woman in the gallery has lowered a sleep mask over her eyes and is attempting to sleep. Musk steps down. He may be recalled. We are on re-cross. Musk is getting testy again. The Microsoft investment comes back up. And we’re back. We’re in break — and I just checked out something interesting. Elon Musk’s robot army definitely will not kill you. Musk insists he wasn’t kneecapping OpenAI. Musk seems notably more subdued today. “At least change the name,” Musk says he told Altman. Elon Musk v. Capitalism. An “ongoing conversation” around open source. We’re still talking about whether Musk read the term sheet. The jurors have been seated. Musk has just entered the courtroom. “Issues of extinction are excluded.” Good morning! Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk Freedom! Unfortunately we will not be talking about safety details of any specific product. The jury is leaving for the day. “I suspect it’s a nice day out there,” YGR says. MechaHitler might be a bad look for the AI safety defender. Musk’s broader AI safety commitment (or lack thereof) comes up. This is so testy. Did Musk even read the OpenAI term sheet? Musk asked Shivon Zilis to stay “close and friendly” with OpenAI to keep info flowing. Musk says xAI probably won’t be the first to get to AGI. We’re back from a break, talking about SpaceX and xAI. Don’t worry about Tesla’s robot army! “You mostly do unfair questions.” “It’s a free country.” “Will you answer my question?” Musk’s desire for control comes up again. “This is a hypothetical.” Did Musk initially envision OpenAI as a corporation? Musk is being combative on cross already. “I did say that I would commit up to a billion dollars, yes.” Is Tesla really not working on AGI? Musk is returning to the stand. At times, being a judge is much like being a kindergarten teacher. We’re on a break. “I mean, all due respect to Microsoft, do you really want Microsoft controlling digital superintelligence?” “What’s going on here this is a bait and switch.” A Musk-Altman spat about Microsoft. Musk really cannot help himself. “Capped profit” wasn’t an issue, even when Microsoft got involved. “Tesla is not pursuing AGI.” Musk is more on his game today. “After I received these reassurances that OpenAI would continue to be a nonprofit I continued to donate over $10 million.” “I actually was a fool who provided free funding for them to create a startup.” More discussion of who would own OpenAI. “I don’t lose my temper,” says Elon Musk. “2017 was a hard year, and we’ve made mistakes.” “I formed many for-profit tech companies, and could have done so with OAI,” “Crystal clear focus.” Sam Altman has just entered the room, right ahead of the jury. A member of the public just got dressed down by YGR about taking photos. Musk v. Altman et al. is back in session. In naming OpenAI, Elon Musk worried anything related to the Turing Test could mean bad PR. Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared That’s a wrap! YGR scolds OpenAI for taking inconsistent positions on the origin of its name. Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity Arguments over ownership. Apparently OpenAI could have had an ICO. “I was not averse to a small for-profit,” Musk says. We’re reading emails between Musk and Jensen Huang. Musk says nonprofit was non-negotiable for OpenAI. We’re at the founding of OpenAI. Musk says he would have created something like OpenAI on his own. Musk recalls meeting Sam Altman. Sam Altman left during a break, but Elon Musk’s lawyer didn’t notice. “Here we are in 2026 and AI is scary smart.” “I have extreme concerns about AI,” says Musk. AI will be as smart as “any human as soon as next year.” Musk claims he has time for SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and the Boring Company because he works a lot. Musk is telling the jury he (co)founded Tesla. Neuralink’s long-term goal is… AI? “There need to be things that people are excited about that make life worth living … Being out there among the stars can excite everyone.” A little Musk biography. Elon Musk, looking funereal in a black suit with a black tie, says “it’s not okay to steal a charity.” Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI We are back from a break. Elon Musk will be the first witness in Musk v. Altman. “Microsoft unlocked with OpenAI a virtuous cycle.” Microsoft enters the chat. “We are here because Mr. Musk didn’t get his way at OpenAI.” “[Musk] demanded control, he demanded the ability to make all the decisions without regard to the other founders.” OpenAI lawyers argue that Elon was right in the middle of discussions about a for-profit pivot. “Musk was furious that OpenAI succeeded.” OpenAI: Musk’s lawsuit is a “pageant of hypocrisy.” Sam Altman’s “related party conflicted transactions” are how he made money on OpenAI, Molo says. Technical difficulties. OpenAI is like a museum store that has looted the Picassos and pocketed the profits. AGI might be out of fashion in the AI world, but it will be at the center of this trial. “The defendants in this case stole a charity.” Musk and Altman go to court Good morning from the Musk v. Altman line outside the courtroom. Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’ We have a jury. Elon Musk’s lawyer tried to get some jurors thrown out for disliking Musk. Apparently things are exciting outside. We have gone through the first 20 potential jurors. Voir dire has begun. The Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial starts today. Elon Musk drops fraud claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman before trial. Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy Elon Musk is about to be a very busy boy! ‘Sideshow’ concerns and billionaire dreams: What I learned from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI Elon Musk’s xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again

https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit