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French prosecutors escalate probe of Elon Musk and X to criminal investigation
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images French cybercrime authorities have escalated an investigation of Elon Musk and his social network X to a criminal probe, […]
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OpenAI trial: Mother of Musk’s children says he offered Altman a Tesla board seat
Shivon Zilis, former board member of OpenAI Inc., arrives at the federal court in Oakland, California, US, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The high-stakes trial in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will conclude its second week of proceedings on Thursday. Musk’s attorneys called several […]
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AMD’s big day, Anthropic-SpaceX deal, the jet fuel crisis and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. If you live in the Sun Belt, you could soon be on the road next to a driverless big rig. Distribution giant McLane is planning to deploy unsupervised, self-driving trucks on routes in the region by the end of the […]
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Anthropic CEO says 80-fold growth in first quarter explains ‘difficulties with compute’
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said his company tried to plan for 10-fold growth. But revenue and usage increased 80-fold in the first quarter on an […]
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Elon Musk’s Terafab chip factory in Texas could cost up to $119 billion, filing shows
Elon Musk arrives at the federal courthouse during proceedings in the trial over his lawsuit against OpenAI in Oakland, California, on April 30, 2026. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk’s plans for a huge chip manufacturing plant in East Texas will cost at least $55 billion for the first phase, and up […]
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OpenAI trial: Brockman rebuts Musk’s take on startup’s history, recounts secret work for Tesla
OpenAI President Greg Brockman concluded his testimony on Tuesday, where he largely rebutted Elon Musk’s account of the early years of the startup and negotiations that occurred at the company. Brockman testified that he never made any commitments to Musk about the company’s corporate structure, and he never heard anyone else make them. He emphasized that […]
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Trump admin. moves further into AI oversight, will test Google, Microsoft and xAI models
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival from Miami on May 3, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Florida. Roberto Schmidt | Getty Images The Center for AI Standards and Innovation on Tuesday announced agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s xAI that will allow the U.S. government to evaluate artificial […]
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Intel soars 14% on report of Apple chip talks, hits new all-time high
Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Jan. 22, 2026. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Intel shares climbed 14% Tuesday, hitting a new all-time high as the chipmaker continued its historic run from April. The jump comes on a Bloomberg report that Apple is in talks with both Intel and Samsung to produce the main […]
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OpenAI’s head of sales leaves for role at Thrive Capital
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI Head of Sales James Dyett announced on Monday that he is leaving his role, the latest in a string of high-profile departures at the artificial intelligence company. Dyett joined OpenAI in 2023, right as the company underwent a period of explosive growth following the launch of its ChatGPT […]
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SEC and Elon Musk agree to settle lawsuit over Twitter buyout in 2022
Elon Musk appears in the courthouse to attend the trial in his lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse, in Oakland, California, U.S., April 29, 2026. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to settle a lawsuit it filed against Elon Musk last year that accused the world’s wealthiest person […]
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