On his X account, Sam Altman posted a letter signed by Democratic senators concerned about the ways tech companies appear to be bending to Trump’s wishes.

The battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman highlights a larger debate surrounding the ethical direction of AI development. Since Musk’s departure from OpenAI, Tesla’s

Elon Musk has been testing the limits of his political influence ever since Trump was elected, but he may stop short of using the full force of the White House.

Sam Altman's OpenAI is backing a new AI initiative from a group where John Kerry was a founding member that has voiced support for liberal causes in the past.

Musk dropped the lawsuit but filed another one against Altman and OpenAI, this time elevating his accusations to claim OpenAI worked with Microsoft, an investor, to create a monopoly. The billionaire also alleged the company violated its founding claim as a nonprofit by pursuing profit. OpenAI has denied the allegations.

AlexNet, created by Alex Krizhevsky, Sutskever and Geoffrey Hinton, used a deep convolutional neural network (CNN)—a powerful new type of computer program—to recognize images far more accurately than ever, kick-starting major progress in AI.

American entrepreneur Elon Musk called Sam Altman's gen-AI firm 'profit-maximizer' amid the firm's for-profit switch motives.

The OpenAI CEO said he is willing to work with the incoming administration to ensure the continued advancement of AI.

In his letter, Musk’s lawyer pushed the attorneys general to allow outside investors to bid for the nonprofit’s stake in OpenAI. If successful, that could allow an outside investor to take a significant position in, and to exercise control over, the start-up.

The world’s three richest men will be among the Big Tech CEOs sitting on the dais Monday as Donald Trump is sworn in for a second term. Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, took an unprecedented,

A lawyer for Elon Musk has called on the California and Delaware attorneys-general to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business, intensifying a bitter fight with the company’s chief executive Sam Altman.

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