Elon Musk has been testing the limits of his political influence ever since Trump was elected, but he may stop short of using the full force of the White House.

For an increasingly large swath of technology and politics, Elon Musk is the uber-powerful elephant in the room. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a rare person with the tech-industry clout to speak on Musk’s antics — and thwart his aims.

Encode, a nonprofit AI safety org, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk's injunction to halt OpenAI's transition to a for-profit.

Geoffrey Hinton is known for his work developing artificial neural networks, the foundation for AI, and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics in October.

OpenAI's Sam Altman asked his followers how to improve the artificial intelligence platform in 2025. One idea included new family accounts.

Encode, a nonprofit organization that co-sponsored California’s failed SB 1047 AI safety legislation, is joining forces with Elon Musk to oppose OpenAI’s plan to repivot as a fully for-profit company.

Nevertheless, the deals — and xAI’s developer and consumer-facing products — have driven xAI’s revenue to around $100 million a year. For comparison, Anthropic is reportedly on pace to generate $1 billion in revenue this year, and OpenAI is targeting $4 billion by the end of 2024.

"We have a nonprofit and a for-profit today, and we will continue to have both, with the for-profit’s success enabling the nonprofit to be well funded, better sustained, and in a stronger position for the mission," OpenAI said.

There are two disparate views: artificial intelligence will either outperform humans really soon, or in some respects its improvements and results have plateaued. Nonetheless, it’s here to stay.

Everybody wants to be my friend,’ Trump has boasted on social media. And when it comes to a cadre of influential tech bros, he’s not wrong.

The AI-focused deals represent an increasing share of all startup investment, according to new PitchBook data released Tuesday. Almost half of the total $209 billion raised by US startups last year went to AI companies, the research firm said, the highest portion on record.