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Greg Brockman’s second day of testimony revealed many insights into Elon Musk’s interactions with OpenAI’s founders. Loading audio narration… Brockman, OpenAI’s president, returned to the witness stand on Tuesday, seeking to add “context” to journal entries about how it would be “morally bankrupt” to “steal” the OpenAI nonprofit from Musk.Musk is seeking more than $100 billion in damages from OpenAI in the high-stakes trial, where he said the company deceived him and that its founders, including Brockman, unjustly enriched themselves.Here are the key revelations from Brockman’s latest testimony.Musk wanted a big win for OpenAI before entertaining a for-profitIn a bid…

By OpenAI COO’s own admission last February, “we have not yet really seen AI penetrate enterprise business processes.” But for enterprise software giant SAP, whose stock has dropped significantly in 2026 in part from the “SaaSpocalypse,” the issue is still front and center. On Monday, the European heavyweight announced its intention to acquire German AI startup Prior Labs for an undisclosed amount. Pending regulatory approval, SAP plans to invest €1 billion (approximately $1.16 billion) into the business over the next four years to grow it into an AI lab focused on structured data — the tables and databases where enterprise…

Startups may be the next ones hit by a wave of AI-driven layoffs. Loading audio narration… 0G Labs, a San Francisco startup that builds blockchains for AI agents, says it’s cutting a quarter of its staff because its agents are so good at doing human jobs.0G Labs announced the decision last week in an email from its CEO, Michael Heinrich, that was viewed by Business Insider.Heinrich said the company is becoming “a leaner, faster AI-native company” and is now focused on scaling up AI rather than head count.”Every day, we talk about a world where AI agents handle the work…

Companies working on batteries, semiconductors, and medical devices generate vast amounts of data — and much of it ends up scattered across spreadsheets and legacy systems, making it hard to use to improve products or understand failures. San Francisco-based startup Altara, which just secured $7 million in seed funding, says it has built an AI layer designed to bridge these data gaps and bring fragmented technical information into a single platform. The round was led by Greylock, with participation from Neo, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Jeff Dean. Altara was founded in 2025 by Eva Tuecke (pictured right), who previously…

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary is defending his plans for a Utah data center that was just approved by state officials despite community backlash. Loading audio narration… O’Leary is dismissing critics of the multibillion-dollar project as “professional protesters” and suggesting some of the opposition is being amplified by artificial intelligence.In a post on X and an accompanying video, O’Leary, also known as Mr. Wonderful, said concerns about the project — including its impact on air, water use, heat, and noise — are well understood by his team.”I’m actually the only developer of data centers on earth that graduated from environmental…

When iOS 27 is released later this year, iPhone users will reportedly have a lot of choice when it comes to which AI models they want to use on-device. A new report from Bloomberg says that Apple plans to give users their pick of a number of third-party large language models that will be capable of powering various functions within the iPhone’s operating system. The new feature, dubbed “Extensions” internally, will allow users to “access generative AI capabilities from installed apps on demand, through Apple Intelligence features such as Siri, Writing Tools, Image Playground and more,” reads a message reportedly shown…

If GameStop CEO’s awkward CNBC interview was an away game, his Fox Business appearance the following day felt like a home game. Loading audio narration… Ryan Cohen seemed happier to be on TV during Tuesday’s edition of Fox Business’ “Making Money with Charles Payne,” where the CEO again discussed GameStop’s unsolicited bid to acquire eBay. It was his first televised interview since his bizarre segment on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” during which his repetitive answers and stated confusion at their questions elicited exhalations and chuckles from the hosts.This time around, Cohen was all smiles. He said it was “good to see…

Every time you use AI, you are, in some small way, depending on a 42-year-old, 44,000-person Dutch company that spends €4.5 billion each year to advance its technology. ASML, headquartered in the Netherlands, makes the machines that make the chips that make AI possible. More specifically, it makes the only machines in the world capable of printing the microscopic patterns on silicon wafers that define the most advanced semiconductors — a process called extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV. The machines are roughly the size of a school bus, take months to assemble, involve hundreds of suppliers, and cost anywhere from…

In the summer of 2017, Elon Musk hosted a festive gathering for OpenAI’s cofounders at his Bay Area “haunted mansion.” Amber Heard, his then-girlfriend, poured the whiskey as they celebrated the company’s future. Loading audio narration… Days later, as the cofounders gathered again, Musk erupted in a bitter play for control of the company.”He stood up, and he kind of stormed around the table,” OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman told jurors on Tuesday in the ongoing federal trial pitting Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.In detail-rich testimony, Brockman described Jekyll and Hyde-level swings of temperament by the Tesla CEO — from…

Two more senior staffers left OpenAI in recent days, including its head of private equity, who was hired by Google. Loading audio narration… Paul Zimmerman said he now leads Google’s efforts to sell its AI to PE firms and their portfolio companies. He’d worked at OpenAI for just over a year, according to his LinkedIn profile.Meanwhile, James Dyett, who described himself as OpenAI’s head of sales, announced he was leaving for VC firm Thrive Capital, a major OpenAI backer.The pair make the latest high-profile departures from the company after three execs left in a single day last month.The generative AI…