This week all eyes are on Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It's the culmination of a feud that's raged for years, mostly playing out online until now, and it's likely to have huge repercussions for not only the future of OpenAI, but the future of the AI industry as a whole. So far, the courtroom details have already been extraordinary — and not always in ways that flatter.
Alongside the trial, several other big AI news stories caught my attention this week. Lots, as always, involving OpenAI — from news that the company may soon launch a phone to the discovery that a coding model was told not to reference goblins or mythical creatures.
