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Elon Musk Articles | Developments Today

Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla

Court Evidence Shows Elon Musk Tried to Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla Before Leaving OpenAI

Court evidence indicated Musk tried to recruit Altman to a Tesla AI effort before leaving OpenAI’s board.
OpenAI used the documents to argue Musk sought influence or control rather than simply defending the nonprofit mission.
The testimony highlights how early the struggle over AI leadership and governance had intensified.

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DT Editorial Team·May 7, 2026·via wired.com

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Musk Seemingly Tried to Strong-Arm a Settlement Out of OpenAI Before Trial

OpenAI Filing Says Musk Pressed for a Settlement With a Threat Before Trial

OpenAI’s lawyers say Musk sent Brockman a warning-laced settlement message before trial.
The filing argues the message was coercive rather than conciliatory.
OpenAI is using the exchange to challenge Musk’s motives in the lawsuit.

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DT Editorial Team·May 4, 2026·via gizmodo.com

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Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial

At OpenAI Trial, Musk’s Settlement Message Becomes a New Flashpoint

OpenAI says Musk contacted Greg Brockman about settlement days before trial.
A hostile reply from Musk may be admitted as evidence despite normal settlement protections.
OpenAI ties the dispute to a similar exception used in Musk’s 2022 Twitter case.
Musk’s courtroom testimony has already drawn scrutiny.

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DT Editorial Team·May 4, 2026·via arstechnica.com

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Graphic photo collage of Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

Musk-Altman Trial Exhibits Expose OpenAI’s Early Power Struggles

Trial exhibits include early OpenAI emails and governance documents.
The materials suggest Musk strongly shaped OpenAI’s early mission and structure.
The evidence highlights long-running concerns over control inside a major AI institution.

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DT Editorial Team·May 3, 2026·via theverge.com

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Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models

Musk’s OpenAI Testimony Puts Motives, Money, and AI Safety on Trial

Musk says he funded OpenAI as a nonprofit serving humanity, not a profit-making company.
OpenAI argues the lawsuit is a competitive attack rather than a principled defense of mission.
The case has become a proxy battle over AI governance, valuation, and market power.

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DT Editorial Team·May 2, 2026·via technologyreview.com

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Elon Musk on the witness stand: here's what he said about OpenAI

Elon Musk’s OpenAI Testimony Turns a Corporate Lawsuit Into a Public Legibility Test

Elon Musk’s testimony dominated the first week of proceedings in federal court in Oakland.
The supplied source says Musk framed the case as a warning about charitable trust governance.
The hearing highlights how AI governance disputes are being forced into clearer public and legal language.

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DT Editorial Team·May 1, 2026·via mashable.com

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Elon Musk Will Earn a Company Bonus if He Drops a Million Colonists on Mars

SpaceX tied Elon Musk’s next bonus to a trillion-dollar valuation and a million-person Mars colony

SpaceX reportedly tied a large Musk equity award to a $7.5 trillion valuation and a million-person Mars colony.
Additional share awards would depend on separate valuation milestones and space-based data-center goals.
The package turns Musk’s long-term Mars vision into an explicit corporate compensation target.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 30, 2026·via gizmodo.com

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Some Musk v. Altman Jurors Don't Like Elon Musk

Jury Selection in Musk v. Altman Shows How Hard It Is to Try a Tech Power Struggle in Public

A jury was selected on the first day of Musk v. Altman in federal court in Oakland.
Several potential jurors voiced negative views of Elon Musk or AI, but most were not disqualified.
The jury’s verdict will be advisory, with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers making the final call.
The proceedings highlight how hard it is to try a high-profile AI governance dispute in a polarized public environment.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 28, 2026·via wired.com

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Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman: What to know as OpenAI trial opens

From Courtroom Clash to Cultural Spectacle: Why the Musk-Altman Fight Has Become Public Theater

The OpenAI lawsuit is drawing attention as a cultural spectacle as much as a legal case.
The public is reading the trial through the competing reputations of Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
The case reflects wider skepticism about Silicon Valley founder myths and mission-driven rhetoric.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 28, 2026·via mashable.com

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future

OpenAI’s Founding Dispute Heads to Trial With the Company’s Structure at Stake

A California trial will examine whether OpenAI’s shift toward a for-profit structure violated its founding mission.
Elon Musk is seeking damages, leadership changes and a restoration of OpenAI’s nonprofit orientation.
The case could affect OpenAI’s governance, IPO plans and the wider debate over how frontier AI labs should be structured.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 28, 2026·via technologyreview.com

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Tesla files to deliver Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package – ending the saga

Tesla Moves to Register Shares for Elon Musk’s 2018 Pay Package

Tesla filed an S-8 registration statement for 303,960,630 shares tied to Musk’s 2018 pay package.
The filing gives procedural weight to a long-running compensation and governance battle.
The scale of the share registration makes the move significant for investors and governance watchers.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 27, 2026·via electrek.co

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Tesla and SpaceX announce $25B 'Terafab' chip factory — here's why it reeks of desperation

Musk Unveils $25B 'Terafab' Chip Plant With Tesla and SpaceX

Tesla and SpaceX announced Terafab, a $25B chip fab in Austin claiming 1 terawatt of annual computing output — a figure semiconductor analysts call physically implausible
The announcement responds to genuine AI hardware scarcity: both companies have struggled to procure sufficient NVIDIA GPU capacity
Industry experts note leading-edge fab capabilities take decades to build; a more credible interpretation may be a custom chip design or packaging facility

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 23, 2026·via electrek.co

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'Not built right the first time' -- Musk's xAI is starting over again, again | TechCrunch

xAI Rebuilds Its Coding Tool After Musk's 'Not Built Right' Admission

xAI is rebuilding its AI coding tool from scratch after admitting it was 'not built right the first time'
Two executives from Cursor, the popular AI coding assistant, are joining to lead the rebuild
The rebuilt tool will use Grok models, giving xAI vertical integration advantages over Cursor

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 14, 2026·4 min read·via techcrunch.com

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