Nation Apr 29 Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Science Apr 28 Musk and Altman show up for trial that could reshape AI The bickering billionaires’ early-morning appearances foreshadow what could be a dramatic start to a legal drama that is expected to be brimming with intrigue and potentially embarrassing details about the two tech moguls. By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Nation Mar 20 Jury finds Musk misled investors during Twitter takeover, absolves him of some fraud claims A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud… By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Nation Mar 04 Musk defends himself against accusations of misconduct prior to Twitter takeover A defiant Elon Musk on Wednesday took the stand in a jury trial to defend himself against accusations that he engaged in a pattern of deceptive behavior that misled investors as he attempted to back out of his $44 billion… By Barbara Ortutay, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
World Feb 17 Musk's Grok chatbot faces EU privacy investigation over sexualized deepfake images X faces a new EU privacy investigation after its Grok chatbot generated nonconsensual deepfake images on the platform. By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
Feb 03 Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation over child abuse images, deepfakes By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning. Continue reading
Feb 01 A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon Musk to former Prince Andrew By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press A who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 9:18 Whistleblower responds after DOJ confirms DOGE mishandled Social Security data By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman The Social Security Administration says members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the agency accessed and shared sensitive data. The latest disclosure from the Trump administration seemed to confirm some key concerns first raised in a whistleblower complaint filed… Continue watching
Jan 26 EU investigates Musk's AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after its AI chatbot Grok started producing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:29 Musk's Grok AI faces more scrutiny after generating sexual deepfake images By Liz Landers, Karina Cuevas, Bridget Craig Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles… Continue watching