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Public opinion of the AI industry is already sinking. A parade of seemingly untrustworthy executives makes it look worse. Ultimately, Musk v. Altman was a battle about control—and even though claims were dismissed, some of the trial takeaways were damning. www.theverge.com/ai-…

Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people | The Verge theverge.com

For years, Microsoft’s AI business leaned hard on its exclusive relationship with OpenAI. But the drama-filled partnership devolved into a situationship — and then a separation. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said the new freedom changes everything. With @tomwarren.co.uk www.thever…

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth. theverge.com

My latest: AI models are trying desperately to accomplish mysterious goals. "Spiralism" was the first time they tried it on a mass scale. The mysterious, quasi-spiritual movement that arose organically from chatbot conversations affected ~10k people by one estimate. www.thever…

AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed theverge.com

After about two hours of deliberation, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict in Musk v. Altman, the tech trial of the year. They found that two claims were barred by the statute of limitations (& a third failed thanks to the dismissal of one of these). www.theverge.com/ai-a…

Elon Musk loses his case against Sam Altman theverge.com

Apple’s lawsuit timing is far from ideal for OpenAI — and experts say it'll likely take years to litigate. “It’s never fantastic to get sued by Apple when you’re trying to IPO,” said one lawyer. “Apple is a tenacious litigant … They do not tend to back down.” www.theverge.com/…

Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit theverge.com

Seattle's city council will vote today on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers—just 2 months after 5 large-scale centers were proposed. Among the moratorium’s fiercest supporters are employees of the city’s biggest tech giant, Amazon. www.theverge.com/ai-…

Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers theverge.com

It’s been two weeks since Anthropic took its Mythos-class models offline after a Friday evening ultimatum from the Trump administration. Since then, what, if anything, has changed — and what hasn't? (Hint: Mostly nothing has. And that's the strange part.) www.theverge.com/ai-a…

Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse theverge.com

The US military has backed AI development for decades; in turn, AI has transformed warfare. Amid shifting alliances & lawsuits, it’s easy to lose sight of the larger context: In recent years in particular, AI has enabled more and faster killings than ever before. www.theverge.…

AI warfare is already here theverge.com

Google paints itself as the adult in the AI room: quiet, stable, time-tested. But yesterday's AI leadership shakeup signals deeper issues in its AI org. “Losing Jeff continues the brain drain at Google,” one employee told me. “Mediocrity is the likely result.” www.theverge.com…

The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup theverge.com

sidewalk chalk messages spotted today outside OpenAI's SF office: "What if HF [Hugging Face] hadn't noticed? This will happen again. How many chances?" "You sure you have this under control?" "If not now, when?"

If you wanted to see the trophy that Dario Amodei and David Luan gave Josh Achiam in 2018, after he sparred with Elon Musk at an all-hands Q&A (when Musk was departing the OpenAI board, and Achiam expressed his concerns that Musk was "racing towards AGI" at any cost)... Here.

between stories, had a blast today going on Vergecast Live to talk about Google's AI strategy and potential wins and losses. avail on youtube or wherever you get your podcasts!