Pardon me, a combination of ancient influences from The Onion and too much time dilettanting around world affairs led to that headline.
Here's London's CityAM, January 16:
Musk-Altman rift widens as judge approves court battle
OpenAI and Microsoft have lost their final bid to avoid a courtroom battle with Elon Musk, with a US judge ruling that the Tesla and xAI founder can proceed to trial over claims that the start-up breached its original charitable mission.
The case, set for a jury trial in late April at the District Court in the Northern District of California, stems from Musk’s claim that OpenAI abandoned its founding principles when it accepted billions of dollars from Microsoft and transitioned toward a profit-oriented model.
Musk, who helped launch OpenAI in 2015 and donated $38m to the firm, contends that his contributions were tied to two non-negotiable conditions.
The first was that the company would remain nonprofit, and the second was that its technology would be open source.
“Musk’s lawsuit continues to be baseless and a part of his ongoing pattern of harassment, and we look forward to demonstrating this at trial,” OpenAI said in a statement.
It added that it remains “focused on empowering the OpenAI Foundation, which is already one of the best-resourced nonprofits ever.”
Internal emails under review
The ruling hinges in part on internal communications from 2017....
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*Here's the story that caused the short circuit, from Politico.eu, January 9:
France delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday
