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Apple design guru Jony Ive set to become a billionaire thanks to Open AI deal

The all-stock deal with OpenAI values Ive’s AI hardware startup io at $6.5 billion—and is set to be a major windfall for the man who designed the iPhone.

  • By Phoebe Liu

Sam Altman-Elon Musk feud timeline: OpenAI boss mocks $97 billion offer

The dispute between arguably the two biggest names in generative artificial intelligence—billionaires Sam Altman and Elon Musk—received a new wrinkle Monday as Musk made a nearly $100 billion offer to buy the non-profit entity controlling Altman’s OpenAI, according to The Wall Street Journal.

  • By Derek Saul
  • Forbes Staff

Sam Altman rejects Elon Musk’s offer to buy OpenAI control—And mocks X

Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI with Sam Altman and a group of others in the tech realm in 2015, but left in 2018.

  • By Molly Bohannon

OpenAI eyeing funding round that would double its value, reports

The leading AI startup is currently valued at $157 billion.

  • By Antonio Pequeño IV

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From grocery orders to ticket purchases, OpenAI unveils its $200-a-month ‘Operator’

The AI assistant will first be made available to subscribers of ChatGPT Pro, a $200 a month subscription, and eventually roll out into the free version of ChatGPT.

  • By Antonio Pequeño IV

Sam Altman-Elon Musk feud timeline: AI billionaires bark over Trump-endorsed Stargate AI project

Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.

  • By Derek Saul
  • Forbes Staff

Musk escalates feud with Sam Altman over OpenAI: Here’s what to know

Musk alleges Altman’s OpenAI has strayed from its initial non-profit mission and has sought to cut off competition from other AI companies, like Musk’s xAI.

  • By Sara Dorn
  • Forbes Staff

OpenAI seeks dismissal of Elon Musk’s lawsuit—calls it a ‘blusterous’ harassment campaign

OpenAI alleged Musk’s suit was an attempt to gain a competitive advantage for his own artificial intelligence startup, xAI.

  • By Siladitya Ray
  • Forbes Staff

Taylor Swift, Magic Johnson, Sam Altman: The American billionaires too poor to make the 2024 Forbes 400 List

When being a billionaire just isn’t enough.

  • By Jemima McEvoy
  • Forbes Staff

Give 6-year-olds the vote to stop killer AI robots. Are you angry yet?

Of all the dangerous ideas he’s canvassed, author and academic David Runciman finds child suffrage is the one that gets the rotten tomatoes flying.

  • By Mark Whittaker
  • Forbes Staff
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