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Source: WSJ
Musk Vows to Donate OpenAI Lawsuit Winnings to Nonprofit Arm
Elon Musk just made his $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI a whole lot harder to dismiss as a cash grab. In new court filings, Musk's attorneys asked the judge to award any damages to OpenAI's original nonprofit foundation — not to Musk personally. The pivot comes after a federal judge expressed skepticism about the astronomical damages claim, and just three weeks before trial begins on April 27. Musk's legal team argues the change keeps the case "focused on the merits": namely, removing Sam Altman as CEO and unwinding OpenAI's for-profit conversion. OpenAI has fired back with counter-complaints to state attorneys general alleging anti-competitive behavior by Musk's xAI.
Source: Meta
Meta Drops Muse Spark: Zuckerberg's First AI Model From Billion-Dollar Superintelligence Push
After years of giving AI away for free through Llama, Zuckerberg just pulled a Netflix. Muse Spark, Meta's first model from its new Superintelligence Labs, matches OpenAI and Anthropic on benchmarks — but you won't be downloading this one. The 1.8-trillion-parameter model runs exclusively through Meta's own products: Instagram DMs, Facebook Messenger, Ray-Ban smart glasses. No API access. No open weights. It's a full 180 from the company that championed open-source AI. The architecture activates only 280 billion parameters during inference, keeping it efficient despite its size, and it pulls from Meta's unique social data across 3.8 billion daily users. Developers get curated platform APIs instead of raw model access, with Shopify and Spotify as early partners (read more).
Source: Fortune
Anthropic Lets Tech Giants Test Mythos After $14.5B Market Shock
A CMS misconfiguration leaked Anthropic's most powerful security AI weeks before launch — wiping $14.5 billion from cybersecurity stocks in a single day. The irony of a security-focused AI getting exposed by poor security practices wasn't lost on anyone. Now Anthropic has quietly expanded Mythos access beyond its tiny beta, granting an undisclosed group of tech firms early testing privileges. The company frames it as defensive: letting potential victims harden their systems before a public release. No participant names or contract details have surfaced. The bigger question — whether one AI model can render an entire industry obsolete — remains unanswered.
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⚖️ Pentagon vs. AI Safety: What happens when the U.S. military tells an AI company "let us use your model for whatever we want" and the company says no? You get the first-ever supply-chain risk label on a domestic firm. Anthropic's refusal to allow Claude for autonomous weapons has created a constitutional showdown that could reach the Supreme Court.
📱 $1,999 Fold Tax: Apple's first foldable launches in September — a clamshell that unfolds to 7.8 inches with a titanium frame and A20 chip. Samsung has owned this category for years. Apple's betting late entry with premium materials beats early mover advantage.
🏭 $25B Chip Alliance: Intel becomes the manufacturing backbone of Musk's Terafab in Austin. Custom AI chips for Tesla's robots, SpaceX satellites, and xAI models — all on Intel's 18A process node.
🚫 The Bundled AI Dream Dies: Anthropic killed third-party tool access through Claude subscriptions overnight — with less than 24 hours' notice. Developers say months of work is wasted. The era of subsidized AI agents is officially over (see The Verge's report).
🎠 OpenAI's Leadership Carousel: Three top executives on leave simultaneously — Fidji Simo for health, Kate Rouch for cancer treatment, Brad Lightcap to "special projects." Control consolidates around Altman and Brockman. Awkward timing for a company eyeing an IPO.
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