How Shivon Zilis Operated as Elon Musk’s OpenAI Insider
A longtime employee of Musk and the mother to four of his children, Zilis joined OpenAI as an adviser in 2016. She later served as a director of its nonprofit board from…
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A longtime employee of Musk and the mother to four of his children, Zilis joined OpenAI as an adviser in 2016. She later served as a director of its nonprofit board from…
The trial in Musk’s lawsuit against Altman could result in financial damages and, more significantly, governance changes at OpenAI that may complicate its plans for an initial public offering as soon…
Ahead of the meeting, Musk gifted Brockman and Sutskever, OpenAI’s cofounder and former chief scientist, new Tesla Model 3 cars. “It felt like he was buttering us up,” Brockman said on…
Livestream Replay: Musk v. Altman and the Future of OpenAI
…Musk also wanted Altman and Brockman to lose their jobs, with the court providing ongoing oversight to hold OpenAI accountable to its charitable mission of safely developing AGI. OpenAI is nowhere near…
In the Wake of Anthropic’s Mythos, OpenAI Has a New Cybersecurity Model—and Strategy
The fight over the bill, SB 3444, is drawing new battle lines between Anthropic and OpenAI over how AI technologies should be regulated. While AI policy experts say that the legislation has…
…But throughout OpenAI’s history, the nonprofit structure was apparently seen as a roadblock to building OpenAI into a massive business. In December 2016, Musk wrote an email to OpenAI’s cofounders…
…In November of last year, OpenAI locked down its San Francisco office following an alleged threat from an activist. In February 2025, protesters were arrested for locking the front doors to OpenAI…
…OpenAI has rebutted this claim, arguing that Musk knew that OpenAI would eventually need to become a large business to achieve its goals. The trial kicked off on Monday with jury selection…