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‘Idolatry of profit’: Pope Leo takes on AI’s wannabe trillionaires
The Pope takes a stand against those who want the morality and ethics of artificial intelligence to be entirely in the hands of its creators.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Opinion
- AI
Elon Musk’s OpenAI loss is the AI sector’s gain
The tech billionaire lost his attempt to neuter OpenAI. That’s probably a good thing for the entire artificial intelligence complex, including his own SpaceX.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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‘Hypocrite’: Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI
Elon Musk has lost his landmark case over OpenAI, with a jury finding the world’s richest person filed his claim too late.
- Madlin Mekelburg, Isaiah Poritz and Rachel Metz
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- Courts
Sam Altman details ‘hair-raising’ chat with Elon Musk as he takes stand
Nobody has more to lose in the high-profile trial than OpenAI chief Sam Altman, and he has finally taken to the stand.
- Madlin Mekelburg and Rachel Metz
She had four kids with Elon Musk. Now she’s central to his courtroom fight
For more than six years, Shivon Zilis had worked largely outside the public eye as a trusted confidante to Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his three co-founders at OpenAI. Now she has been thrust into the spotlight.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Gerrit De Vynck and Faiz Siddiqui
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- AI
The world’s richest man, the AI king, and a courtroom showdown
Elon Musk and Sam Altman have finally landed in an Oakland courtroom and the verdict could reshape OpenAI, the AI race, and the technology defining our era.
- David Swan
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‘I get to ask the questions, Mr Musk’: World’s richest person accuses lawyer of trying to trick him
The jury was shown a series of texts and emails that illustrated the growing mistrust between Elon Musk and OpenAI founder Sam Altman amid a tense cross-examination.
- Deepa Seetharaman and Max A. Cherney
- Opinion
- AI
Musk says he’s saving humanity as he battles Altman in court - but it may actually be xAI
Musk is playing up his role as AI’s - and indeed humanity’s - safety guard against a technology that “could kill us all”.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Courts
‘It could kill us all’: Elon Musk sends AI warning as he takes stand in blockbuster trial
The world’s richest person took the stand in a high-stakes trial revolving around a bitter feud between himself and former friends Sam Altman and Greg Brockman begins.
- Barbara Ortutay
- Opinion
- AI
AI heavyweights’ court battle could unravel the entire sector
Elon Musk is suing to make OpenAI a non-profit again and remove Sam Altman as its CEO. If he succeeds, the complex web of deal between the world’s AI companies could fall apart.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz