Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI may go to trial in part, judge says | Elon Musk News

The case is part of a grudge match between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman which is playing out in court. A United States federal judge has said that parts of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI to halt its conversion to a for-profit entity might go to trial, adding that the Tesla CEO will have … Read more

Musk says administration is on verge of shutting USAID

Washington — The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according to the Trump administration’s billionaire adviser and X, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who’s been wrestling for control of the agency in recent days. Early Monday, Musk held a live session on X Spaces, previously known as Twitter … Read more

Kevin O’Leary says he will ‘love to do a TikTok deal’

Kevin O’Leary is seen in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on May 28, 2024. James Devaney | Gc Images | Getty Images Canadian investor Kevin O’Leary is still interested in a TikTok deal, but it’s not possible under current law, he told CNBC, as President Donald Trump extended the deadline for a ban on the … Read more

U.K. announces new inquiries into decade-old cases of child sexual grooming after pressure sparked by Elon Musk tweet

London – Britain’s Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced Thursday that there would be a number of new central government-backed local inquiries into years-old allegations of child grooming gangs, weeks after Elon Musk accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failings in relation to the handling of the crimes in a series of tweets. The crimes … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg says Biden pushed Meta to remove posts on vaccines

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published Friday that his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove content on side effects of Covid vaccines. … Read more

OpenAI’s Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made sister, Ann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits “Making Money With Charles Payne” at Fox Business Network Studios in New York on Dec. 4, 2024. Mike Coppola | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused her regularly between the years of 1997 and 2006. The … Read more

Meta eliminates fact-checking in nod to Trump

Meta on Tuesday announced it will eliminate its third-party fact-checking program to “restore free expression” and move to a “Community Notes” model, similar to the system that exists on Elon Musk‘s platform X. The company said Community Notes will be written and rated by contributing users to provide more context to posts across its platforms, … Read more

A look back at U.S. airlines’ wild 2024, from door plugs to bankruptcy

People check-in for their flights at the airport ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 27, 2024.  Megan Varner | Reuters It’s been another eventful year for U.S. air travel. Just five days into the year, a door panel blew off of a nearly new Boeing 737 … Read more

OpenAI needs ‘more capital than we’d imagined,’ moves to for-profit

OpenAI said Friday that in moving toward a new for-profit structure in 2025, the company will create a public benefit corporation to oversee commercial operations, removing some of its nonprofit restrictions and allowing it to function more like a high-growth startup. “The hundreds of billions of dollars that major companies are now investing into AI … Read more

Larry Ellison has banner year as Oracle gains most since dot-com boom

Larry Ellison and Monica Seles and Bill Gates (back row) watch Carlos Alcaraz of Spain play against Alexander Zverev of Germany in their Quarterfinal match during the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, on March 14, 2024. Clive Brunskill | Getty Images It’s been a good year for Larry Ellison. Oracle’s co-founder has gained … Read more