Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
Elon Musk's worst enemy in court is Elon Musk Just a simple country CEO who was being tricked by that sophisticated lawyer | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman […]
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI – and from before […]
ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO
ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI's IPO ChatGPT is struggling to keep up its once-explosive growth as users uninstall the app or opt for rival chatbots instead. According to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, ChatGPT experienced a 132 percent increase in uninstalls year over year in April. Its […]
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman's court battle over the future of OpenAI Sam Altman and Elon Musk are set to face off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of tech’s leading AI startup, OpenAI. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing […]
Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’
Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: 'People don't like him' On Monday, the courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over alleged broken promises at OpenAI started, as usual, with jury selection. The only tricky part? A lot of the prospective jurors already have an opinion about Elon Musk, and it’s not a good […]
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
Elon Musk and Sam Altman's court battle over the future of OpenAI Sam Altman and Elon Musk are set to face off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of tech’s leading AI startup, OpenAI. The trial begins with jury selection on April 27th, as Musk pushes forward his 2024 lawsuit that accuses […]
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court showdown will dish the dirt
Elon Musk and Sam Altman's court showdown will dish the dirt Might as well jump, as the poet David Lee Roth once said. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn’t anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. […]
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION Today on Decoder, I want to lay out an idea that’s been banging around my head for weeks now as we’ve been reporting on AI and having conversations here on this show. I’ve been calling it software brain, and it’s a particular way of seeing the world that […]
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare You just cannot convince me this is how people order coffee. | Image: Starbucks Venti iced coffee, light skim milk. That’s what I get at Starbucks. It is what I have gotten at Starbucks every time I’ve been to Starbucks for as long as […]
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman's 'unconstrained' relationship with the truth Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among many, many others. And just last week, he and co-author Andrew Marantz published an incredible deep-dive feature in The New […]