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Musk v. Altman: tea, temper, and a Stargate cameo as Tesla CEO testifies in OpenAI trial

Musk v. Altman: tea, temper, and a Stargate cameo as Tesla CEO testifies in OpenAI trial

In a four-week trial before US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Elon Musk spent three days on the stand as the first witness in his suit to block OpenAI's planned fourth-quarter 2026 initial public offering and recover an estimated $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and

Google’s Pentagon AI deal tests whether military models can outrun their risks

Google’s Pentagon AI deal tests whether military models can outrun their risks

Google has signed an agreement allowing the Pentagon to use its Gemini AI model on classified systems, placing the company beside OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI in a fast-expanding DOD effort to bring commercial models into national security work, reports the New York Times. The arrangement falls under a

Pentagon awards $800 million in AI contracts to tech giants

Pentagon awards $800 million in AI contracts to tech giants

On 14 July 2025, DOD announced that four of America’s most prominent AI firms—Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI—were each awarded contracts worth up to $200 million to supply advanced AI solutions for key national security missions, per a CDAO press release and reported by NextGov. DOD’s