Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI burned through $6.4 billion in operational losses last year on just $3.2 billion in revenue, according to confidential filings made public as part of SpaceX’s initial public offering. The numbers, revealed for the first time in audited financial documents, underscore the enormous cost of competing in the frontier AI […]
The high-stakes legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI has reached its closing arguments, leaving the tech world with a central, unresolved question: can the people building the most powerful artificial intelligence systems be trusted to govern them responsibly? The trial, which has captivated Silicon Valley and policymakers alike, concluded this week with both sides […]
Nine California jurors are now deliberating the future of OpenAI, the world’s leading artificial intelligence lab, in a trial that has drawn intense scrutiny from the tech industry, investors, and regulators. While the courtroom testimony has covered everything from the founders’ 2018 breakup to Sam Altman’s dramatic firing and rehiring in 2023, the jury’s task […]
Elon Musk’s newly rebranded SpaceXAI is facing a significant talent crisis, with more than 50 researchers and engineers departing the company since February, according to a report from The Information. The exodus, which includes key leaders across coding, world models, and the Grok voice assistant, has raised serious questions about the company’s ability to compete […]
Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, spent Tuesday in a California federal courtroom defending his credibility against a barrage of questions from lawyers representing Elon Musk. The interrogation, led by attorney Steve Molo, centered on whether Altman misled the U.S. Senate and the public about his financial ties to the company he leads, and […]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand this morning to defend himself against a lawsuit filed by former cofounder Elon Musk, offering a rare inside look at the tensions that shaped one of the most valuable companies in the world. The central question in the case: whether OpenAI abandoned its original non-profit mission and […]
A federal court in Oakland heard testimony Thursday from a former OpenAI employee and a board member who said the company’s push to bring AI products to market compromised its founding commitment to safety. The hearing is part of Elon Musk’s lawsuit seeking to dismantle OpenAI’s for-profit structure, arguing it violates the organization’s original mission […]
Elon Musk acknowledged under oath Thursday that his artificial intelligence company, xAI, used distillation techniques on OpenAI’s models to train its Grok chatbot, confirming a practice many in the tech industry had long suspected. The admission came during a federal trial in California, where Musk is suing OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, and co-founder Greg Brockman, […]
On Wednesday, xAI and Anthropic announced a surprise partnership that has the Claude-maker buying out all of the compute capacity at xAI’s Colossus 1 data center — roughly 300 megawatts. The deal, likely worth billions of dollars, allowed Anthropic to immediately raise its usage limits. More importantly, it immediately monetized one of xAI’s most impressive […]
In late August 2017, a small group of OpenAI cofounders gathered in a San Francisco office to decide the future of the nonprofit AI research lab. The meeting, described in court testimony by OpenAI president Greg Brockman, ended with Elon Musk storming out after his demand for full control was rejected — a rupture that […]
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