The fight that could reveal the secrets of the AI ​​giants

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Published 19.17

 

Open AI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk, the world's richest man. The picture is a montage. Photo: AP/TT (Montage)

Elon Musk and Sam Altman don't like each other. Now they're settling in a lawsuit that risks shaking up the AI ​​industry.

 

From previously being partners, the two tech profiles have begun a multi-year, infected fight. The latest chapter begins on Monday when a trial starts in a case in California, USA.

In one corner of the cockfighting ring is Elon Musk, the world's richest man, who claims that his millions have been used fraudulently by Open AI in the start-up phase of the company's journey.

In the other corner of the ring is Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, who claims that Elon Musk is a liar and a b

ad loser.

Companions

Open AI is today known as one of the world's most valuable companies and as the company behind Chat GPT – the service that started the entire AI boom.

But before that, Open AI was a company with a clear non-profit focus. A focus that is especially important, because it is something that Elon Musk claims that Open AI has "fiddled away" through, among other things, his early contribution of $38 million.

The company's focus, as a shield against the potential existential threat that AI poses to humanity, has also cracked – says Musk.

"I have thought a lot about whether it is possible to stop humanity from developing AI. I think the answer is almost guaranteed to be no. If it is going to happen anyway, it makes sense for someone other than Google to do it first," Altman wrote in an email to Musk in 2015, The Guardian reports.

Enemies

A couple of years later, Musk wanted total control of Open AI, according to Altman. The two parted ways as enemies and Open AI has increasingly moved towards commercialization.

Elon Musk therefore wants $134 billion in damages and for Altman to be kicked out of the company. However, Musk says the money should not go into his own pockets but into the non-profit part of Open AI.

Open AI has simply deceived Musk, who runs XAI with the Grok service, among other things, and played on his “humanitarian concerns,” according to Musk’s camp.

Secrets

Which of Altman and Musk emerges victorious from the ring and the legal battle will most likely just become a historical footnote.

The real explosive, with potential impact on each combatant’s company, comes from the interrogations that await both Musk, Altman and others within the tech world’s extreme elite. There, the profiles are expected to be asked to answer questions about several companies' strategies, investments and future, as well as how dangerous AI really is to humanity.

FACTS

Popular AI services

Exactly how many users different AI services have is difficult to verify. The different companies involved often define users in different ways. Some services also interact with each other.

According to media reports and publicly available statistics, Open AI's Chat GPT is by far the most popular AI service. A rough estimate is that Chat GPT has at least 600 million active users each month. Chat GPT also has an estimated 80 percent of the market when it comes to chat services.

According to the Internet Foundation's report Swedes and the Internet 2025, one in three Swedes has used Chat GPT in the past year. The figure for Gemini was 2 percent.

Trump: Kimmel should be fired immediately

Jenny Martorell

Published 21.03

          

          Host Jimmy Kimmel. Photo: Chris Pizzello/AP

Jimmy Kimmel is being attacked again by Donald Trump.

And again it's about jokes the host has made on his talk show.

"Jimmy Kimmel should be fired immediately by Disney and ABC," the US president wrote.

Trump joins his wife Melania Trump in attacking Jimmy Kimmel on Truth social. Earlier on Monday, the US first lady wrote on X:

"Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is designed to divide our country. His monologue about my family is not comedy - his words are caustic and deepen the political illness in the United States."

“Call for violence”

The reason for the angry posts is that the host joked on his talk show that aired last Thursday that Melania Trump had the appearance of a “widow-to-be” – in a sketch about the upcoming correspondents’ dinner.

Two days later, a gunman opened fire at The Washington Hilton hotel where the correspondents’ dinner was being held. Trump and his colleagues in the White House were the targets.

         

         Donald and Melania Trump. Photo: Matt Rourke/AP

Both the president and the first lady draw parallels between the prom shooting and what Donald Trump thinks is “a despicable call for violence” on Kimmel’s part.

“Wow, Jimmy Kimmel, who is in no way funny, as his abysmal ratings attest, made a statement on his show that is truly shocking,” Trump writes.

Shutdown

This is not the first time that Jimmy Kimmel has faced Trump's wrath after making a joke on TV.

Last September, the host's talk show was shut down after he commented on the murder of right-wing profile Charlie Kirk and suggested that the killer belonged to Trump's side of politics.

"Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what was needed. Kimmel has ZERO talent," Trump wrote at the time.

A few days later, ABC reversed the decision. 

US-UK relations

British king begins controversial US visit

Great Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla landed at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington DC on Monday evening, Swedish time, several media outlets report.

The four-day state visit is taking place on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States. It is King Charles' first visit to the United States since he was crowned in 2022.

AFP describes it as a "diplomatic charm offensive against the royalty-obsessed Trump". The visit is controversial in Britain due to Trump's harsh rhetoric against the British government, which he believes has not helped the United States enough in the Iran war.

Concerns have also been expressed for the king's safety from several quarters after Saturday's shooting at the

correspondents' dinner in Washington.

Trump meets the royal couple – tea party at the White House

US President Donald and Melania Trump have welcomed Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White House, reports the BBC.

They gathered for a photo opportunity outside and exchanged a few words, but made no statements. They then went inside for a tea party. Among other things, small, typically British tea sandwiches were served, as well as pastries and honey.

In Washington DC, King Charles will give a speech during a dinner at the White House and before Congress. The trip will then go to New York, where the royal couple will visit the memorial site for the September 11 attacks with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The trip will end in Virginia with a visit to nature conservation organizations. Nature conservation has long been close to the British monarch's heart.

Russian invasion The world's response

Sources: Vance is driving US Ukraine policy

US Vice President JD Vance is one of the main architects behind the Trump administration's Ukraine policy, sources with insight tell the Kyiv Independent.

Vance is one of the most vocal critics of US support for Ukraine, a stance he has held for a long time. In early 2022, during the run-up to the invasion, the then Senate candidate said that he "doesn't care" about what happens to Ukraine. In February of last year, he got into a high-profile altercation with Zelenskyy at the White House and accused him of ingratitude.

According to the sources, Vance's stance is based on the fact that he does not believe that Ukraine is in the US national interest, and that American resources are being drained unnecessarily. Many close to him are said to have the exact opposite view, including his cousin Nate Vance, who fought for Ukraine for three years.

Grain could trigger a crisis between Israel and Ukraine

Ukraine and Israel are on the brink of a diplomatic crisis, writes Euronews. This is because of a ship loaded with grain that Ukraine claims Russia stole from Russian-occupied territories and sold as Russian.

According to Ukraine, a ship loaded with stolen wheat was unloaded in Haifa, Israel, earlier in April. Now another is said to be on the way, and on Monday the Ukrainian government summoned Israel's ambassador and warned against letting it happen again.

The countries’ foreign ministers, Andriy Sybiha and Gideon Saar, have clashed over X.

“It is difficult to understand the lack of response from Israel to Ukraine’s legitimate request regarding the previous ship that delivered stolen goods to Haifa,” Sybiha writes.

Saar criticizes him for openly taking the conflict over X and says that no evidence has been presented.

“The issue should be investigated. Israel is a law-abiding state,” he adds.

Putin’s Russia
Putin: We must focus less on prohibitive laws

The Russian parliament should not focus only on restrictive laws. Vladimir Putin said this in a speech to the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, reports the independent Meduza.

The president added that “excessive restrictions hinder development” and called for laws that are not just “adaptations to current challenges and risks.”

– All of these are temporary, fleeting phenomena. But Russia is eternal, and our legislation must be flexible, dynamic, progressive and forward-looking, he says.

The Russian economy is limping and dissatisfaction with Putin is growing, which is also reflected in government opinion polls. Not least, the restrictions on the internet, especially the Telegram app, are hugely unpopular.

Earlier in April, sources told Bloomberg that the Russian state had begun to reassess internet restrictions in order to curb public anger.

 

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