Daily Briefing: Musk v. Altman Goes to Trial — OpenAI's Founding Emails Take the Stand

Jury selection began for Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI in federal court in Oakland. The trial centers on whether OpenAI's transition from nonprofit to for-profit structure betrayed its founding mission after Musk provided $38M in early funding. Former board member Helen Toner's allegations about Altman's candor with the board add weight beyond the personalities involved. The legal question — whether charitable donations can be converted into for-profit equity — has precedent implications for other AI organizations using similar structures. We also cover the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership restructuring, DeepSeek's aggressive price cuts, China blocking Meta's acquisition of Manus, and David Silver's $1.1B launch of Ineffable Intelli ...