Sources detail Elon Musk's time at xAI after he left DOGE: he oversaw racy chatbot Ani's design, unwound by playing Diablo, tended to his children, and more
Focus on winning tech arms race leads to long hours at xAI; employees turned over biometric data to develop controversial avatars
Memo: California's AG says OpenAI's restructuring has “no impact” on other cases, likely referring to Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI over its restructuring
and struck a new deal with Microsoft Frank Landymore / Futurism : OpenAI Successfully Sheds Its Roots as an Ethical Non-Profit Ashley King / Digital Music News : OpenAI Restructures Into a For-Profit ...
Sources: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs hires Mikhail Shapiro, who works on noninvasive techniques for neural imaging and control
The hire suggests that Merge is taking a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk's Neuralink. Also: Sources IRL and reactions to yesterday's Snap scoop.
Sources: Elon Musk's Tesla and xAI have had a wave of senior departures over the past year, driven by burnout, disillusionment with Musk's politics, and more
Churn at Tesla and xAI comes amid disillusionment with billionaire's activism, strategic pivots and mass lay-offs
X hires Nikita Bier, the serial entrepreneur who sold polling startup TBH to Facebook and teen-focused social network Gas to Discord, as its new head of product
Nikita Bier, a co-founder of tbh (acquired by Meta … Jason Nelson / Decrypt : Solana Advisor Nikita Bier Joins Elon Musk's X, Reigniting Crypto Payments Speculation Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media To...
Geoffrey Hinton, other AI experts, and 10 former OpenAI staff write to the CA and DE AGs opposing OpenAI's for-profit restructure, echoing Elon Musk's concerns
Former employees and figures such as Geoffrey Hinton warn of dangers of allowing start-up to make corporate switch
A group of former OpenAI employees files an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk in his lawsuit opposing OpenAI's for-profit transition
it's not getting much in return Hayden Field / CNBC : Ex-OpenAI staffers support Musk's case against startup's effort to transform into for-profit company Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Former OpenA...
Elon Musk's X and xAI all-stock merger broke Wall Street's rulebook by having the same advisers, Morgan Stanley and Sullivan & Cromwell, working on both sides
The tech titan can follow his own rules when he is combining two companies he owns, but the merger is still raising dealmaker eyebrows
DOGE's Tom Krause, the US Treasury's new Fiscal Assistant Secretary, is still the CEO of Cloud Software Group; critics say it may be a conflict of interest
“...bosses are simultaneously running private companies while also running parts of the government that affect their businesses.” — By @telliotter.bsky.social Tim Marchman / @timmarchman : GRINDSET/...
Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration replaced the CIOs of the OMB, OPM, and Department of Energy with Elon Musk- and Peter Thiel-aligned executives
The chief information officers of at least three major government agencies have been replaced by Silicon Valley executives, including from Palantir and Elon Musk's SpaceX. Bluesky: @dell , @brbarrett ...