Elon Musk has asked a federal judge to block Sam Altman’s OpenAI from completing plans to become a for-profit entity – arguing that it would cause “irreparable harm” to the public. In an appearance late Friday in US District Court in San Francisco, Musk accused Altman of violating antitrust law through OpenAI’s collaboration with Microsoft, … Read more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into a shadowy left-leaning advertising cabal over whether it participated in a “coordinated plan or conspiracy” to boycott “certain social media platforms,” the office said. his on Thursday. Paxton is investigating whether the powerful World Advertising Federation and its now-defunct nonprofit arm, the Global Alliance for … Read more
Shares of Google parent Alphabet fell more than 6% on Thursday after the Justice Department asked a federal judge to order the sale of Google’s Chrome web browser — one of several legal remedies aimed at breaking the Big Tech firm’s monopoly over internet search. The stock’s decline signaled anxiety on Wall Street about Google’s … Read more
Google’s Chrome browser would be worth $20 billion on the open market if the Justice Department can convince a federal judge to order the sale, according to a report. The DOJ will recommend in a filing Wednesday that U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta order Chrome to be sold as part of a set of changes … Read more