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Dario Amodei: 'Why Argue With Someone You Don't Trust' — Anthropic CEO Explains Why He Left Sam Altman and OpenAI

businessinsider.com · 2026-06-17 · Score: 19

OpenAI Q1 2026: $3.7B Cash Burned Against $5.7B Revenue as Non-GAAP Operating Margin Hits Negative 122%

thenextweb.com · 2026-06-17 · Score: 24

HSBC: OpenAI Must Grow $13B Revenue to $200B+ and Raise Another $200B by 2030 Just to Stay Afloat

ft.com · 2026-06-16 · Score: 23

OpenAI 2025 Audited Financials: $34B Total Spending, $19B on R&D, Ahead of Planned IPO

finance.yahoo.com · 2026-06-15 · Score: 29

Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis All Attending G7 Summit in France June 15–17 — First Time All Three Rival AI Lab CEOs Appear Before World Leaders Together

thenextweb.com · 2026-06-12 · Score: 26

42-State Coalition of Attorneys General Serves OpenAI Subpoena Over ChatGPT Safety, Consumer Data, and Advertising Practices

bloomberg.com · 2026-06-13 · Score: 23

ALERT Reuters: OpenAI Tells Investors Anthropic Overstates Revenue by Billions in Gross-vs-Net Accounting Dispute as Both Race to IPO

bnnbloomberg.ca · 2026-06-11 · Score: 28

The Information Exclusive: OpenAI Is Preparing a New AI Model and Sam Altman Expects the Company to Go Public Within the Next Year

theinformation.com · 2026-06-10 · Score: 23

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki Publish 'Built to Benefit Everyone: Our Plan' — Three-Goal AGI Roadmap Including Automated AI Researcher and Personal AGI for Every Person

openai.com · 2026-06-08 · Score: 22

Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity Laying Off Staff as World Iris-Scanning Business Struggles to Generate Revenue

techcrunch.com · 2026-06-08 · Score: 20

ALERT OpenAI Files Confidential S-1 With SEC at $852 Billion Valuation, Joining Anthropic and SpaceX in Historic AI IPO Wave

cbsnews.com · 2026-06-08 · Score: 34

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft CEOs Jointly Urge Congress to Mandate Synthetic DNA Screening — Warn AI Is Eroding Bioweapons Barriers

winbuzzer.com · 2026-06-07 · Score: 23

Trump Endorses Government Equity Stakes in OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI — Converges With Sanders as Altman Privately Negotiates

AP News · 2026-06-06 · Score: 23

OpenAI Targets September IPO at $730B–$850B With Goldman and Morgan Stanley, Days After Anthropic's Confidential S-1

TechTimes · 2026-06-07 · Score: 26

Sam Altman Is Quietly Backing Stealth Startup Alfred, Which Is Building Software for Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

businessinsider.com · 2026-06-01 · Score: 23

Florida Sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman Over AI Harms, Seeks Personal Liability in 10-Count Civil Suit

nbcnews.com · 2026-06-01 · Score: 23

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Is Now Focused on Robots to Support Skilled Workers — Imagines 'Everyone Having a Personal Robot' Long-Term

reddit.com · 2026-05-31 · Score: 21

The Guardian: Silicon Valley Tech Billionaires Are Explicitly Building Toward Conscious AI and Cosmic Human Expansion, Long-Form Interactive Investigation Finds

theguardian.com · 2026-05-31 · Score: 15

Sam Altman Says AI Job Apocalypse 'Not Coming,' Reverses Earlier White-Collar Displacement Predictions in Sydney

wionews.com · 2026-05-26 · Score: 26

Sam Altman Offers Every Current YC Batch Startup $2 Million in OpenAI Tokens in Exchange for Equity

theinformation.com · 2026-05-20 · Score: 22

ALERT OpenAI to Confidentially File for IPO as Soon as This Week, Working With Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

cnbc.com · 2026-05-20 · Score: 36

OpenAI Launches Guaranteed Capacity, Letting Enterprises Lock In Long-Term Compute at Discounted Rates

cnbc.com · 2026-05-19 · Score: 24

OpenAI Commits $234 Million to Establish First Applied AI Lab Outside the US in Singapore, Announces 200-Person Technical Team

cnbc.com · 2026-05-20 · Score: 21

ALERT Jury Rules Against Elon Musk in OpenAI Trial — All Claims Dismissed on Statute-of-Limitations Grounds

cnbc.com · 2026-05-18 · Score: 36

Musk v. OpenAI Jury Begins Deliberating — Statute-of-Limitations Hurdle Could End Case Before Altman Removal and $134B Disgorgement Claims

npr.org · 2026-05-18 · Score: 25

Musk v. Altman Jury Begins Deliberating — $134B Penalty and Altman Removal on the Table as OpenAI Trial Enters Decisive Phase

MSN · 2026-05-16 · Score: 24

Judge Weighs Ordering Altman's Removal and Reversing OpenAI's $500B Restructure as Jury Prepares to Deliberate Monday on Charitable-Trust Claims

TechTimes · 2026-05-15 · Score: 25

AP News: AGI Safety Advocates Warn Musk v. Altman Trial Could Undermine Legal Basis for AI Oversight Constraints

apnews.com · 2026-05-15 · Score: 20

Court Document Reveals Sam Altman Holds $2B+ Stake in Companies That Have Conducted Business With OpenAI

journalrecord.com · 2026-05-14 · Score: 23

Musk v. Altman: Closing Arguments Conclude May 14, Jury to Deliberate Monday on $134B Disgorgement Claim

cnbc.com · 2026-05-14 · Score: 24

ALERT OpenAI Considers Legal Action Against Apple Over Flopped Siri-ChatGPT Integration, Partnership 'Strained'

nytimes.com · 2026-05-14 · Score: 32

Musk's Lawyer Apologizes to Jury for His Absence — Elon Attending Trump-Xi Beijing Summit During Closing Arguments in His Own Trial

cnbc.com · 2026-05-14 · Score: 23

Musk v. Altman: Closing Arguments Delivered as Jury Prepares to Decide $150B Disgorgement Claim and Whether Altman Breached OpenAI's Nonprofit Mission

nbcbayarea.com · 2026-05-14 · Score: 22

Musk Attorney Asks Altman 'Are You Completely Trustworthy?' in Cross-Examination; Altman Discloses ~$1.65B Helion Stake, Claims Musk 'Tried to Kill' OpenAI Twice — Closing Arguments Set for Thursday

nbcnews.com · 2026-05-13 · Score: 24

ALERT WSJ: Six Republican State AGs Urge SEC to Scrutinize Sam Altman's Conflicts of Interest; House Oversight Demands OpenAI Documents Ahead of IPO

wsj.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 28

Sam Altman Takes Stand in Musk v. OpenAI Trial, Says Musk's Exit Was a 'Morale Boost' and That He 'Didn't Understand How to Run a Research Lab'

cnbc.com · 2026-05-12 · Score: 26

Musk v. Altman Week 3: OpenAI Opens Defense With Board Chair Bret Taylor Praising Altman as 'Great CEO'; Sam Altman to Take Stand Tuesday

abc7news.com · 2026-05-12 · Score: 23

ALERT Sutskever Reveals 52-Page Altman 'Pattern of Lying' Dossier; Testifies OpenAI Board Explored Anthropic Merger After Firing

reuters.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 30

ALERT Bloomberg: Court Documents Reveal Microsoft Projected $92B Return on $13B OpenAI Investment; Nadella Testified He Feared Being 'Next IBM'

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 29

Ilya Sutskever Discloses ~$7B OpenAI Stake Under Oath, Testifies He Planned Sam Altman's Removal for Over a Year Before 2023 Board Vote

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 27

ALERT OpenAI Launches $4B 'Deployment Company' With 19 PE and Consulting Backers, Acquires Tomoro to Staff 150 Forward-Deployed Engineers

openai.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 31

Nadella Testifies Musk Had His Personal Number but Never Raised Concerns About Microsoft's OpenAI Investment Over Five Years

cnbc.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 24

Axios: AI Chatbot Conversations Are Now Admissible Court Evidence — Federal Ruling on Claude Logs Signals New Legal Frontier for All AI Users

axios.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 25

Musk v. Altman Trial Enters Week 3: Satya Nadella Takes the Stand Monday as Sam Altman Expected to Testify Before Closing Arguments May 14

arabnews.com · 2026-05-11 · Score: 26

Musk v. Altman Trial Documents Reveal Nadella Was Skeptical of OpenAI's Research in 2018, Backed the Lab Primarily to Block Amazon

winbuzzer.com · 2026-05-10 · Score: 27

Gizmodo: 'Directionally Very Bad' — Week 2 of Musk v. OpenAI Produced New Details on OpenAI's $450M Counter-Claim and Nadella's Imminent Testimony

gizmodo.com · 2026-05-09 · Score: 21

Musk v. Altman Week 2 Wrap: 'Everything You Need to Know' — OpenAI Files $450M Counter-Claim Against Musk, Jury Told He Wanted 'Absolute Control' to Fund Mars City

finance.yahoo.com · 2026-05-09 · Score: 24

Musk v. Altman Week 2 Wrap: Expert Testimony on Altman's Breach of Charitable Duties Puts $109 Billion Disgorgement on the Table

Local News Matters · 2026-05-09 · Score: 22

Trial Reveals Sam Altman's Frantic 'Still Don't Want Me?' Texts to Mira Murati During 2023 OpenAI Ouster — 'Directionally Very Bad' Exchange Goes Viral

finance.yahoo.com · 2026-05-08 · Score: 22

MIT Technology Review: Musk v. Altman Week 2 — Zilis Reveals Musk Tried to Recruit Altman to Lead Tesla AI Lab and Asked Karpathy to Compile OpenAI Poaching List; Sutskever and Nadella to Testify Week 3

technologyreview.com · 2026-05-08 · Score: 26

Bloomberg: Musk, Altman Management Styles Criticized in OpenAI Trial Day 10 — Jury Hears Musk Called Technically Incompetent With a 'Hot Temper'

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-08 · Score: 22

OpenAI Trial Day 9: Former Board Member Helen Toner Testifies Directors First Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Social Media

dailyjournal.com · 2026-05-08 · Score: 23

Bloomberg: 'In Elon Musk's Case Against OpenAI, Everyone Loses' — Analysis Argues Both Parties Emerge Weakened Regardless of Verdict

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-07 · Score: 17

Musk v. Altman Day 8: Former Board Member and Safety Staff Testify OpenAI Abandoned Nonprofit Mission

localnewsmatters.org · 2026-05-07 · Score: 23

Former OpenAI Safety Researcher Testifies Product Push Compromised Safety Culture, Including Pre-Safety-Board GPT-4 Deployment in India

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-07 · Score: 24

Prediction Markets Give Musk Only 40% Odds of Winning OpenAI Lawsuit as Week Two Wraps

cnbc.com · 2026-05-06 · Score: 17

Barry Diller: 'Trust Is Irrelevant' as AGI Nears, Even With Sam Altman at the Helm

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-06 · Score: 17

Musk Weighed Offering Altman Tesla Board Seat, OpenAI Jury Told

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-06 · Score: 24

ALERT OpenAI Ex-CTO Mira Murati Testifies Altman Sowed 'Chaos' and Deceived Top Executives at Musk v. OpenAI Trial

usnews.com · 2026-05-06 · Score: 30

ALERT Altman and Brockman Held Undisclosed Personal Stakes in Cerebras While OpenAI Pursued the Firm, Musk Trial Testimony Reveals

yournews.com · 2026-05-05 · Score: 32

Man Accused of Hurling Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altman's San Francisco Home Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder and Arson

washingtonpost.com · 2026-05-05 · Score: 18

OpenAI Weighed Spinning Off Robotics and Hardware Divisions Ahead of IPO, Scrapped the Plan When Consolidated Balance Sheet Math Didn't Work

invezz.com · 2026-05-05 · Score: 18

HN: Y Combinator's 0.6% stake in OpenAI is now worth over $5B — Gruber calls out Paul Graham for defending Altman without disclosing it

daringfireball.net · 2026-05-05 · Score: 22

Greg Brockman Takes the Stand at Musk v. OpenAI Trial; Journals Cited Calling Nonprofit Mission 'A Lie'

thenextweb.com · 2026-05-04 · Score: 26

MIT Technology Review Correspondent Inside the Musk v. Altman Courtroom: A Firsthand Account of Week One

technologyreview.com · 2026-05-04 · Score: 19

Brockman Reveals $30B OpenAI Stake With $0 Personal Investment as Musk's Lawyers Grill Him on 2017 Journal Entry

nbcnews.com · 2026-05-04 · Score: 23

ALERT OpenAI Finalizes $10 Billion 'Deployment Company' Joint Venture With 19 PE Firms to Embed AI in Enterprise

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-04 · Score: 34

Court Filing Reveals Musk Sought OpenAI Settlement Two Days Before Trial, Allegedly Threatened Brockman: 'By the End of This Week, You and Sam Will Be the Most Hated Men in America'

cnbc.com · 2026-05-04 · Score: 24

OpenAI opens ChatGPT subscriptions to OpenClaw's 3.2M users as Anthropic blocks Claude access to the AI agent platform

thenextweb.com · 2026-05-03 · Score: 27

Musk v. OpenAI trial enters week 2 as Greg Brockman set to testify; Satya Nadella appearance looms

finance.yahoo.com · 2026-05-04 · Score: 24

Washington Post: 'Elon Musk Faced OpenAI in Court. So Far, the Case Is All About Him.'

washingtonpost.com · 2026-05-02 · Score: 18

Musk's Trial Against OpenAI Hits Rough Spots in Week 1 as Judge Questions His Legal Theory

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-02 · Score: 22

ALERT WSJ: OpenAI employees urged leadership to alert police about Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT threats — executives overruled them

wsj.com · 2026-05-03 · Score: 31

ChatGPT conversations are 'a treasure trove' of evidence in criminal investigations, with no legal privacy protection, CNN finds

CNN · 2026-05-02 · Score: 22

Sam Altman at Stripe Sessions declares AI the 'Revenge of the Idea Guys,' pledges to fund non-technical founders

gizmochina.com · 2026-05-02 · Score: 16

WSJ: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar privately pushing to delay IPO until 2027, warns revenue may not cover future compute commitments

gizmodo.com · 2026-05-02 · Score: 27

ALERT Seven families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI and Sam Altman in federal court

CNBC · 2026-04-29 · Score: 33

ALERT Musk testifies at OpenAI trial: 'If we make it OK to loot a charity, charitable giving in America will be destroyed'

CNBC · 2026-04-28 · Score: 30

ALERT Nasdaq sinks 1.3% as AI infrastructure stocks plunge on OpenAI revenue miss

CNBC · 2026-04-28 · Score: 28

HN: Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity announced fake Bruno Mars partnership due to mistaken identity

Vice · 2026-04-28 · Score: 17

ALERT WSJ: OpenAI misses key revenue and user targets in high-stakes sprint toward IPO

wsj.com · 2026-04-27 · Score: 30

ALERT Jury selection begins in Musk v. Altman trial over OpenAI's for-profit conversion

CNBC · 2026-04-27 · Score: 35

ALERT OpenAI partners with Qualcomm and MediaTek on custom AI smartphone chip targeting 300-400M annual units

CNBC · 2026-04-27 · Score: 31

Sam Altman warns post-AGI 'no one is going to work and the economy is going to collapse'

Digit · 2026-04-27 · Score: 17

OpenAI publishes five-principle AGI framework on eve of Musk trial

OpenAI · 2026-04-26 · Score: 24

The Information: Silicon Valley execs hiring private security amid AI backlash and Altman attack

theinformation.com · 2026-04-25 · Score: 17

ALERT Sam Altman apologizes for OpenAI's failure to alert police about Tumbler Ridge school shooter's ChatGPT account

Washington Post · 2026-04-24 · Score: 35

ALERT Judge dismisses Musk's fraud claims against OpenAI at his request; $150B trial starts Monday

Reuters via WKZO · 2026-04-24 · Score: 33

HN: AI Resistance movement gains mainstream momentum with protests and political coalitions

news.ycombinator.com · 2026-04-22 · Score: 22

Newsletter Issues (11)

#2 Le pari à 1 750 milliards de Musk n'est pas une entreprise de fusées

2026-06-09 · 2 mentions

#499 Microsoft proves it doesn't need OpenAI; Alphabet raises $85B

2026-06-04 · 3 mentions

#498 Anthropic files for an IPO. NVIDIA ships its stack.

2026-06-01 · 1 mentions

#496 Anthropic's Pentagon model is now everyone's model

2026-05-27 · 7 mentions

#494 SpaceX wants $80 billion. OpenAI wants a trillion.

2026-05-21 · 1 mentions

#481 Musk wants Altman fired, Anthropic passes OpenAI, Meta goes closed

2026-04-09 · 3 mentions

#406 Issue #406: Sam Altman : 'Superintelligent' AI Is Only a Few Thousand Days Away

2024-10-03 · 5 mentions

#414 Issue #414: Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI

2024-11-22 · 2 mentions

#437 Issue #437: Sam Altman and Elon Musk are racing to build an ‘everything app’

2025-05-04 · 6 mentions

#438 Issue #438: OpenAI’s new for-profit plan leaves many unanswered questions

2025-05-08 · 1 mentions

#452 Issue #452: The power shift inside OpenAI

2025-08-23 · 2 mentions