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Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court showdown will dish the dirt

The Verge • 2026-04-23T18:19

Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now, Musk is back with a lawsuit, and a trial is scheduled to start in Oakland, California, on April 27th. Theoretically, it's a legal case about whether OpenAI defrauded Musk. […]

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Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing.

Now, Musk is back with a lawsuit, and a trial is scheduled to start in Oakland, California, on April 27th.

Theoretically, it's a legal case about whether OpenAI defrauded Musk.

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Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete with leading closed-source systems from US rivals including Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. DeepSeek says V4 marks a major improvement over prior models, especially in coding, a capability that has become central […]

DeepSeek promises its new AI model has 'world-class' reasoning

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