Musk v. Altman Is a Battle for OpenAI’s Soul
…Musk alleges that in the early days of OpenAI, he believed he was investing in a nonprofit with a commitment to open source, or making its AI technology available widely for free…
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Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5
…The White House’s export control directive also raises broader questions for other AI labs aiming to release AI models with Mythos-level capabilities, and how they can do so in compliance…
Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Protest Grok
The demonstration was helmed by Safe AI Now (SAIN), which describes itself as “a coalition of faith leaders, family advocates, child development experts, online safety organizations, educators, legal professionals, technologists, and concerned…
Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show
…Andy Konwinski, a computer scientist and entrepreneur who leads the Laude Institute, a nonprofit focused on promoting openness in AI, says Nvidia’s investment is highly significant because of its position at…
Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins
People scrolling X on Monday reported seeing an April 6 post from Ronan Farrow, a coauthor on the New Yorker article, promoting the investigation. A pop-up on the post on X…
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
…Lehigh County, Pennsylvania’s retirement board paused new investments in Tesla last year. County controller Mark Pinsley says the board hasn’t discussed a potential SpaceX investment yet, but he’s concerned…
What Microsoft Executives Really Thought About OpenAI in 2018
…In 2017, much of OpenAI’s work was focused on building AI systems that could play video games, which showed early signs of success. But OpenAI needed five times more computing power…
The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial
…OpenAI has defended its work, launching new initiatives to address AI’s societal impacts, and introducing safeguards to mitigate the dangers of AI models. Google DeepMind, Meta, and other competitors are facing…
US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
…A new focus on anti-technology extremism adds an unreported category to already public designations under a presidency that has heavily invested political and material capital in AI and data center proliferation…
What’s Worth More Than Cash in San Francisco Real Estate? Anthropic Stock
…In April, an investment banker named Storm Duncan offered to exchange his Mill Valley home and an adjacent parcel of land for Anthropic shares. And in May, Vijay Chattha, who owns an…