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Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
- OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest person against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit. Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won't find anywhere else. The trial centers on the 2015 ...

Source: pbs.org
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Microsoft calls for $190 billion in 2026 capital spending on soaring memory prices
- Microsoft beat on the top and bottom lines and on Azure cloud growth. The company said it had over 20 million paid seats for the Microsoft 365 Copilot artificial intelligence add-on for commercial productivity subscriptions, with more growth to come. Microsoft's quarterly revenue and operating margin guidance fell short of Wall Street projections. But a forecast for 2026 capital expenditures came in well ahead of ...

Source: cnbc.com
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Pentagon inks deal with Google for AI services
- The Pentagon and Google have reached an agreement for the Defense Department to use the tech company's powerful Gemini AI systems on classified networks, according to a U.S. official familiar with the deal. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of the deal. The exact contents and details of the new contract remain unclear. The deal follows similar ...

Source: nbcnews.com