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In trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Aa a high-stakes trial pits Elon Musk against Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO is facing intense scrutiny over his leadership. Testimony reveals accusations of dishonesty and resistance to oversight, potentially impacting Altman's future and the AI industry's public image amidst major IPOs.

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In a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

In a trial featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has emerged as an overly sympathetic character

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Musk, Altman management styles under fire at OpenAI trial

Testimony in the OpenAI feud revealed criticisms of Elon Musk's technical competency and temper, while Sam Altman faced accusations of dishonesty and integrity deficiencies from former board members. Jurors are weighing the credibility of both tech leaders as the trial delves into OpenAI's history and leadership disputes.

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Anthropic's Claude Code in the spotlight

The latest model release has hobbyists and professionals fawning.

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OpenAI’s open-source pivot shows how U.S. tech is trying to catch up to China’s AI surge

DeepSeek’s AI models are still influencing the AI conversation, even eight months later.

Fortune

China bets on robotics and an open-source approach to get an edge over U.S. AI

The U.S. and China are taking vastly different approaches to AI development.

Fortune

US attacks on science and research a ‘great gift’ to China on artificial intelligence, former OpenAI board member says

Influential researcher claims disruption in jobs market from generative AI has already begun and warns of possibility of ‘gradual disempowerment to AI’

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Anthropic CEO predicts a "bipolar" world with China holding the competitive advantage over the US with next-gen AI systems and a global lead in military apps

Dario Amodei recently spoke on DeepSeek, China, and its potential future competing against US-based AI firms amid a chip ban imposed by Biden's administration.

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"DeepSeek is acting as a fast follower": Ex-OpenAI board member claims China is not leading the AI pack — but President Trump revoking Biden's NVIDIA chip export ban would be "a huge victory"

Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner claims despite DeepSeek's recent success in AI, it's not leading the pack. However, if President Trump revokes the NVIDIA AI chip exportation ban, it would be a huge win for China.

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OpenAI ex–board member Helen Toner says revoking ban on Nvidia AI chip exports would be a ‘huge victory’ for China

Scrapping export restrictions on top-of-the-line GPU chips because of DeepSeek’s AI success would hand China a major win, says Toner.

Fortune

New Nobel Prize winner, AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton, says he’s proud his student fired OpenAI boss Sam Altman

The 76-year-old argued it’s “unfortunate” that Altman has put profits over AI safety.

Fortune

OpenAI is suffering an exodus of senior talent

The newest departures leave OpenAI with only three of its 11 original cofounders.

Fortune

OpenAI Co-founder John Schulman Departs To Join Amazon-backed Anthropic

His departure follows OpenAI's recent dissolution of its superalignment team, a group dedicated to ensuring human control over advanced AI systems.

International Business Times

Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI after mutinying against Sam Altman—now he’s launching his own startup for safe AI

A star in the field, Sutskever left his former employer in May hinting he wasn't leaving AI research. His departure came almost six months to the day since he joined board directors in sacking Altman.

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Can we afford to let AI companies ask for forgiveness instead of permission?

AI companies have adopted Silicon Valley's most controversial playbook to judge by a string of recent events.

Fortune

Anthropic's position on AI safety is helping it attract researchers from OpenAI

Anthropic's stance on AI safety is helping it lure AI researchers away from OpenAI, whose trust and safety credentials taken a battering in recent weeks.

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A timeline of OpenAI controversy: November 2023 to May 2024

Is Altman taking too many risks in his pursuit of artificial general intelligence? The answer lies in Altman's past, from leading a victorious coup to trading blows with a Hollywood A-lister.

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Sam Altman's reputation gets dragged further into the mud

Allegations by former OpenAI board member Helen Toner paint a grim picture of Altman's ethics.

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Former OpenAI board member reveals why Sam Altman was fired in bombshell interview—‘we learned about ChatGPT on Twitter’

"We just couldn’t believe things that Sam was telling us," Toner said of the four board members who tried to fire Altman last year.

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An ex-OpenAI board member says reports of psychological abuse, coupled with lack of communication on ChatGPT’s existence, fueled Sam Altman's firing as CEO

A former OpenAI board member disclosed that Altman's ousting was fueled by two reports filed by two OpenAI executives citing psychological abuse, which led to a "toxic atmosphere" at the company.

Al Jazeera

OpenAI’s Sam Altman returning to board after probe into company turmoil

Investigation by outside law firm into Altman’s firing finds his conduct ‘did not mandate removal.’

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk Invites OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever To Join Tesla Or xAI

Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner claims Sam Altman's firing wasn't about AI safety but it was about a lack of trust.

Fortune

One of the two female OpenAI board members replaced after the Sam Altman incident says a company lawyer tried to pressure her with an ‘intimidation’ tactic

Speaking out for the first time since the shake-up at OpenAI, ex–board member Helen Toner told her side of the story in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

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OpenAI is a nonprofit-corporate hybrid: A management expert explains how this model works − and how it fueled the tumult around CEO Sam Altman's short-lived ouster

The board of OpenAI, creator of the popular ChatGPT and DALL-E artificial intelligence tools, fired Sam Altman, its chief executive officer, in late November 2023.

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