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A profile of William Savitt, Sam Altman's lead lawyer against Elon Musk, who represented Twitter against Musk in 2022 and helped OpenAI's for-profit transition (Jacob Shamsian/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/william-sa

He beat Elon Musk in court once. Sam Altman hired him to do it again.
A former cab driver and rock band singer, William Savitt is now at the top of an elite law firm with experience defeating Elon Musk in court.

Florida AG James Uthmeier sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, seeking to hold Altman personally liable for deceptive trade practices, negligence, and public nuisance (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/florida-sues-openai-sam-al…

Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, saying they put profit over safety
Florida’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and the company’s CEO, saying the company misrepresents safety to turn a profit.

Sam Altman korrigiert Warnung vor KI-bedingtem Stellenabbau
OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman räumt ein, den KI-bedingten Abbau von Bürojobs überschätzt zu haben.
https://www.heise.de/news/Sam…

Sam Altman korrigiert Warnung vor KI-bedingtem Stellenabbau
OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman räumt ein, den KI-bedingten Abbau von Bürojobs überschätzt zu haben.

Sam Altman proposes a "US-led international forum" to establish AI standards, provide analysis of capabilities and risks, and make AI available to allies (Sam Altman/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0c2e1077-f658-4b3d-9040-602615c961ca

An interview with Sam Altman on OpenAI's massive Stargate data center project in Saline, Michigan, coding models being the biggest driver of AI demand, and more (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/cnbc-exclu

CNBC Exclusive: Transcript: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Speaks with CNBC’s David Faber on “Power Lunch” Today

Musk v. Altman: internal 2017 emails show Musk sought majority voting control over OpenAI co-founders, withheld promised funding, and tried to poach researchers (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/model-behavior-elon-musk-cross-examined-sam-altman/

How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’
Tensions flared on the third day of trial in Musk v. Altman as OpenAI’s lawyers cross-examined Musk.

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons (Emily Mullin/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-anthropic-letter-ai-biological-weapons/

OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons
Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.

Musk v. Altman: when asked whether xAI has ever distilled tech from OpenAI, Elon Musk says the claim is "partly" true (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/30/technology/openai-…

Elon Musk Faces Contentious Questions at OpenAI Trial
On his third day of testimony, Elon Musk is being cross-examined by lawyers from OpenAI and Microsoft. His answers on the stand grew testy on Wednesday.

Musk v. Altman: OpenAI lawyers claim Shivon Zilis, a longtime Musk employee and mother to four of his children, acted as a covert liaison between him and OpenAI (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/model-behavior-why-everything-in-musk-v-…

How Shivon Zilis Operated as Elon Musk’s OpenAI Insider
Messages presented at trial reveal how Zilis, the mother of four of Musk’s children, acted as an intermediary between him and OpenAI.

Jury selection begins in Musk v. Altman trial at a federal courthouse in California, with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in attendance (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/27/musk-altman-trial-openai-jury-selection.html

Judge in Musk v. Altman seats nine-person jury. Opening arguments start Tuesday
The Musk v. Altman trial kicked off at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with jury selection followed by opening arguments.