Elon Musk’s second day of testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI featured intense cross-examination over the lab’s transition to for-profit status, conflicts of interest, and AI safety concerns.
During OpenAI lawsuit trial, Musk admits xAI used distillation techniques on OpenAI models to train Grok, shaking the AI industry.
OpenAI finds that its latest flagship model GPT-5 has abnormally increased mentions of goblins, gremlins and other mythical creatures in responses, with the word ‘goblin’ rising 175% since the GPT-5.1 launch. The company has explicitly instructed its AI assistants to avoid discussing these creatures.
Elon Musk took the stand on day two of the jury trial against OpenAI, accusing executives of ’looting’ the nonprofit organization and admitting that his initial funding of OpenAI was ‘foolish.’ He clashed heatedly with opposing counsel during testimony.
Families of victims from a British Columbia school shooting file seven lawsuits against OpenAI in California, alleging the company failed to alert law enforcement about the shooter’s flagged ChatGPT activity.
Multiple school-shooting-related lawsuits accuse OpenAI of concealing user data related to individuals who used ChatGPT to plan violence, reigniting debate over AI platform content safety responsibilities.
The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI has failed to meet internal revenue and user growth targets in its high-stakes sprint toward an IPO, sending tech stocks lower.
Musk takes the stand in the OpenAI lawsuit, testifying that co-founder Sam Altman betrayed him and the public by turning the non-profit into a profit-driven company.
Following Microsoft’s loss of exclusive OpenAI product rights, Amazon quickly launched OpenAI’s latest models and AI agent tools on AWS Bedrock, marking a reshuffling of tech alliances.
Elon Musk testifies in OpenAI lawsuit, claiming the company’s transformation from nonprofit to for-profit amounts to ‘stealing a charity,’ while OpenAI lawyers counter that the suit is motivated by competitive interests.