New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Tesla and xAI CEO Elon Musk has testified in a high-stakes trial against OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence firm and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the organisation’s founding nonprofit mission in favour of commercial interests.Reports claim that the case in a federal court in Oakland centres on Musk’s claim that OpenAI deviated from its original goal of developing safe AI for the benefit of humanity and instead evolved into a profit-driven entity compe…
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New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Elon Musk and Sam Altman — once allies in building what they envisioned as a nonprofit safeguard against runaway AI — were set to face each other in a federal courtroom on Monday as a jury begins to decide whether Altman betrayed that founding promise by steering OpenAI toward a $852 billion commercial empire, as per reports.The trial, which opens with jury selection in Oakland, California, centres on allegations that OpenAI — co-founded in 2015 with early funding f…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) A post circulating on social media platform X has drawn attention after the AI chatbot Grok appeared to respond to a hypothetical question about Indian political leadership in a way that users interpreted as supportive of “data-led governance” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Congress’ dynastic politics.In the widely shared exchange, a user asked: “Hey @grok if you were an Indian citizen, who would you vote for as Prime Minister?”Grok responded that, h…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has reportedly withdrawn fraud claims against OpenAI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, narrowing the scope of his lawsuit on the eve of trial.As per reports, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, a US court judge, has allowed Musk to streamline the case, leaving just two claims, unjust enrichment and breach of charitable trust, out of the 26 included in his November 2024 complaint.Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday in a federal co…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Elon Musk — who was a co-founder of OpenAI — has sought the removal of current CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman as part of his legal challenge to the Artificial Intelligence firm’s shift to a for-profit structure, according to reports.In a court filing on Tuesday, Musk said his lawsuit aims to reverse OpenAI’s restructuring and restore its status as a non-profit research organisation, they said.He also requested that any damages awarded in the case be di…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Elon Musk‑led social media platform X warned that it will suspend creators from its revenue‑sharing programme for 90 days if they post AI‑generated videos of armed conflict without disclosure about AI use.X Product Head Nikita Bier announced the measure as part of its broader effort to curb manipulation and maintain access to authentic information during wartime.Subsequent violations after initial suspension will result in a permanent suspension from the revenue-s…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly summoned AI firm Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for “a high‑stakes”, “tense” meeting over the military’s use of the company’s Claude AI model, according to reports, as Elon Musk slammed the AI company over allegedly stealing training data.The report from Axios said, citing an anonymous senior defence official, that the meeting was “not a friendly” one as Anthropic did not remove restrictions on their tec…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) US-based AI company Anthropic is in the middle of a deeper controversy as the Pentagon (now called the Department of War) is reportedly considering to snap its ties with Dario Amodei-run firm over its insistence on “maintaining some limitations” on how the US military uses its AI models.Anthropic’s AI model Claude was reportedly used in the US military’s operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (through its partnership with AI software f…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) US entrepreneur Elon Musk’s net worth surged past the $800 billion mark after SpaceX acquired his artificial‑intelligence firm xAI, making him the richest person in history by a wide margin.Musk’s net worth reached roughly $852 billion, almost $578 billion higher than the world’s second-wealthiest person, Google co-founder Larry Page, whose net worth is estimated at $281 billion.The merger took the combined value of the company to $1.25 trillion and added about $84 …
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) US-based entrepreneur Elon Musk said that his aerospace firm SpaceX has acquired his AI startup, xAI, and shared plans to scale AI compute in space by launching large constellations of satellites that act as orbital data centres.”Launching a million tonnes per year of satellites generating kilowatts (kW) of compute power per tonne would add 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity annually, with no ongoing operational or maintenance needs. Ultimately, there is a path to launchin…