Elon Musk and Sam Altman spar on X after Apple files OpenAI lawsuit
Sam Altman insisted that Elon Musk was again obsessed with him because of an OpenAI model release earlier this week. Image: RDNE Stock project / Pexels Source: CNBC
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New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI
Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace? Image: BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
Spain’s SETT, South Africa’s KAG Launch $28.5 Million Audiovisual Venture
Spanish state investment vehicle SETT and South Africa’s Known Associates Group are teaming on a major audiovisual venture in Spain, encompassing a Madrid-based production company and post-production studios in the Canary Islands and Basque Country. SETT, the investment arm of Spain’s Ministry for Digital Transformation, will commit €12.7 million ($14.5 million) to two public-private ventures…
TAICCA, MoMI Expand Partnership for Taiwanese Immersive Content in New York – Global Bulletin
IMMERSIVE INVESTMENT Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) have entered a three-year partnership expanding Taiwanese immersive work in New York, building on a 2026 collaboration that drew more than 3,000 screenings at near-90% daily capacity. The deal launches with two works running at MoMI through Sept. 6: “Proof…
Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did “huge damage” to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman said Musk required OpenAI president Greg Brockman and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever to rank researchers by their accomplishments and “take a chainsaw through a bunch.” Altman conceded…
OpenAI trial: Nadella says Musk never raised concerns to him about Microsoft investment
Elon Musk named Microsoft as a defendant in his lawsuit against OpenAI Image: Solen Feyissa / Pexels Source: CNBC
Texas sues Netflix for advertising ‘bait and switch’ and spying
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the company of turning its back on its promise to remain ad-free and safe for kids. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, claims Netflix has “opened Texans’ data for inspection by the same Big Ad Tech community it once criticized for exploiting users in…
Everybody wants to rule the AI world
Sometimes, companies pick CEOs based on carefully laid succession plans designed to maximize investor confidence and future performance. Other times, apparently, companies pick CEOs based on a bunch of video calls while the current CEO is texting the former CEO about who the new CEO even is. Such was the story of The Blip, the…
Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million
SEC alleged Musk’s late disclosure cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million. Image: Brecht Corbeel / Unsplash Source: Ars Technica
Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying
Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company “engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history” when training its Llama AI models, as reported earlier by The New York Times. In their suit, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, Hachette,…