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Top stories today:
- Elon testifies he’s suing OpenAI over alleged charity “theft”
- OpenAI, Amazon expand deal to bring models to AWS
- White House workshops to bring Anthropic back into government use
- ChatGPT Go subs seen surging 36x to 112M in 2026, Plus falling to ~9M
- Anthropic partners with Adobe, Autodesk, others to embed Claude
- NVIDIA launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni as family tops 50M downloads
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1. Elon testifies he’s suing OpenAI over alleged charity “theft” in Altman trial
Musk said the case could set a precedent for “looting every charity in America” if OpenAI’s conduct isn’t deemed improper.
OpenAI attorney William Savitt objected, asking the judge to strike the testimony as Musk isn’t a lawyer.
“AI could make everyone prosperous, but it could also kill us all,” Musk said.
Microsoft backed Altman and Brockman in making a “mockery” of OpenAI’s mission, Musk’s lawyer, Steven Molo, said.
Musk had supported a for-profit structure early on, calling a nonprofit setup a “mistake,” Savitt said.
The judge urged Musk and Altman to curb social media posts that could escalate the case.
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3. OpenAI, Amazon expand deal to bring models to AWS a day after revising Microsoft deal
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5. White House said to hold workshops to bring Anthropic back into government use
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