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Elon Musk’s Lawyers Ask OpenAI’s President Why He Is Worth $30 Billion (Mon, 04 May 2026)
The legal team implied in a federal trial that Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, was driven by greed rather than building safe A.I.
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White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released (Mon, 04 May 2026)
The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight on A.I. models before they are made publicly available.
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S.E.C. Settles Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over His Twitter Disclosures (Mon, 04 May 2026)
The agency, which has been pulling back on lawsuits against major companies, ended a case that had accused Mr. Musk of hiding his purchases of Twitter stock. He agreed to pay $1.5 million.
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Anthropic and Wall Street Giants Join Forces to Create New A.I. Firm (Mon, 04 May 2026)
Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are among the investors in the new firm, which will help integrate Anthropic’s A.I. model Claude into their systems.
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American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception. (Wed, 06 May 2026)
A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.
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Elon Musk Wanted OpenAI to Go Commercial, Greg Brockman Testifies (Tue, 05 May 2026)
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president, testified in a trial pitting Mr. Musk against his company that the world’s richest man was eager to change how it operated as a nonprofit.
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Apple Reaches $250 Million Settlement Over Claims It Misled People on A.I. (Tue, 05 May 2026)
Some iPhone owners will be eligible to receive $25 to $95 over claims that the tech giant oversold its artificial intelligence system, Apple Intelligence.
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Coinbase Lays Off 14% of Employees as A.I. Changes Work (Tue, 05 May 2026)
The largest U.S. crypto exchange said it was cutting jobs because of cryptocurrency market volatility and to “optimize” for the artificial intelligence era.
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Ford Says an Affordable Electric Pickup Truck is Still Coming Next Year (Tue, 05 May 2026)
Ford Motor has written off $20 billion in electric vehicle investments but says it is forging ahead with an electric pickup that will sell for $30,000 next year.
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Jeeves and Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years (Sun, 03 May 2026)
The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation.
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Driving Electric in Costa Rica Is Surprisingly Doable (Sun, 03 May 2026)
The charging network is spotty, but it’s a small country.
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These Countries Embrace E.V.s to Avoid Oil Price Shocks (Tue, 05 May 2026)
People in Costa Rica and other Latin American, Asian and African countries are increasingly buying electric vehicles to avoid spiking fuel prices.
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How Running Shoes Have Evolved, From Ancient Greece to a Record-Breaking Marathon Time (Sat, 02 May 2026)
The race to near-weightlessness has been a driving force of innovation in running sneakers and helped lead to records shattering at the London Marathon.
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Pentagon Makes Deals With A.I. Companies to Expand Classified Work (Fri, 01 May 2026)
The agreements with the technology companies come amid the Defense Department’s dispute with Anthropic.
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OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM (Fri, 01 May 2026)
Will the rising tide of A.I. adoption lift all boats?
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Why So Many People Already Own Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX (Fri, 01 May 2026)
Even before the rocket company holds a major initial public offering, many people own stock in it through so-called special purpose vehicles.
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Musk vs. Altman: What Is This Really About? (Fri, 01 May 2026)
In a landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, the origins of OpenAI are being examined. The Times’s technology reporter Cade Metz explains what’s behind it all.
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Apple Reports 17% Sales Jump, Powered by iPhones (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
John Ternus, who will take over in September, spoke publicly on an investor call for the first time since his new job was announced.
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Elon Musk’s A.I. Claims of Danger Face Limits in OpenAI Trial (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
One of Elon Musk’s abiding fears is that A.I. could one day threaten humans. But the jurors deciding his suit against OpenAI probably won’t hear about it.
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Elon Musk suffered a rare loss in his last jury trial. (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Elon Musk arriving at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco in March.
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Musk says he ‘was a fool’ to provide OpenAI’s early funding. (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Elon Musk’s testimony grew testy during cross-examination from OpenAI’s lawyer
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Here’s the latest. (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
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Palantir Is Making a French Chore Coat. Yes, That Palantir. (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
The data analysis company is selling a version of the jacket that it says will show its commitment to “re-industrializing America.”
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Struggling With Phone Addiction? Try These Remedies. (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Counting minutes is a poor way to curb phone habits. Real antidotes, experts say, include mindful parenting, curated content and human connection.
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Musk Says He ‘Was a Fool’ to Provide OpenAI’s Early Funding (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
In the second day of a trial pitting Mr. Musk against OpenAI, he said the company’s chief executive, Sam Altman, had misled him. But OpenAI’s lawyer said evidence showed the opposite.
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A.I. Spending Sets a Record, With No End in Sight (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reported more than $130 billion in quarterly capital expenditures on Wednesday as they build A.I. data centers. There’s more to come.
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Ford Reports Higher Profit Thanks Partly to Tariff Refund (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
Ford Motor said it expected the federal government to refund $1.3 billion the company paid in tariffs that the Supreme Court later struck down.
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Even without OpenAI, Elon Musk has made A.I. a big part of his business empire. (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
SpaceX said a deal with Cursor gave it the option to buy the artificial intelligence start-up, which makes code-writing software, for $60 billion later this year.
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Who is the judge in the case? (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Et tu, Brute? What Elon Musk’s clash with Sam Altman is really about. (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
OpenAI is at the center of the clash between Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
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Here’s the latest. (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
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