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44 mentions · 21 days · first seen Apr 6, 2026 · last seen May 9, 2026

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Co-mentioned co-mentionedSam Altman together 44× ↗ · OpenAI together 38× ↗ · Elon Musk together 21× ↗ · Microsoft together 11× ↗ · San Francisco together 10× ↗ · Tesla together 9× ↗ · Google together 8× ↗ · xAI together 8× ↗

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Timeline

May 2026 10 stories · 6 days

May 9, 2026 1 story

55Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman MIT Technology Review

May 8, 2026 2 stories

49Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla Ars Technica
39Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster The Verge

May 6, 2026 2 stories

44Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words The Verge
43Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller doesn’t think OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is untrustworthy TechCrunch AI

May 5, 2026 2 stories

50Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter suit haunts him at OpenAI trial Ars Technica
39Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims TechCrunch AI

May 2, 2026 1 story

53Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk confirms he was duped, signals AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models MIT Technology Review

May 1, 2026 2 stories

51Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial Ars Technica
41After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too TechCrunch AI

April 2026 34 stories · 15 days

April 30, 2026 3 stories

53Families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI Engadget
52How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’ Wired
44On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets TechCrunch AI

April 29, 2026 4 stories

62Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’ Wired
48Elon Musk testifies against OpenAI, seeking Sam Altman's ouster NPR Technology
47Musk confirms basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI suit BBC Technology
45Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity The Verge

April 28, 2026 6 stories

66Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAI's future Ars Technica
60Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI’s founding mission The Guardian Technology
58Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins Wired
54Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court over the fate of OpenAI NPR Technology
43U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back Rest of World
35Judge in Musk v. Altman seats nine-person jury CNBC Technology

April 26, 2026 2 stories

47Musk drops fraud argues against OpenAI, Altman ahead of trial Fortune Technology
44OpenAI's Sam Altman apologizes for not reporting ChatGPT account of Tumbler Ridge suspect to police Engadget

April 25, 2026 1 story

36OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologises to Canada town for not reporting mass shooter South China Morning Post Tech

April 23, 2026 1 story

52Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist Wired

April 22, 2026 1 story

34Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’ TechCrunch AI

April 21, 2026 1 story

58Tim Cook reactions: Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, Warren Buffett react to Apple CEO move CNBC Technology

April 18, 2026 5 stories

50Worldcoin's Orb Becomes Tinder's Anti-Bot ID Check DL News
50Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire TechCrunch
50Zoom joins forces with World to verify humans in meetings TechCrunch
50Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder Wired
50Sam Altman's "proof of human" firm pushes into mainstream services Axios

April 14, 2026 1 story

39'If I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example': OpenAI suspect's chilling manifesto Fortune Technology

April 13, 2026 3 stories

41Meet the man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman: a 20-year-old AI doomer Fortune Technology
39Suspect in attack at Sam Altman's house aimed to kill OpenAI CEO, warned of humanity's extinction from AI CNBC Technology
36Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack The Verge

April 11, 2026 2 stories

April 10, 2026 2 stories

46No injuries have been reported, and charges are still pending, SFPD said in the statement Wired
39Suspect arrested after Molotov cocktail attack against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home Datacenter Dynamics

April 7, 2026 1 story

38Elon Musk seeks ouster of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as part of suit CNBC Technology

April 6, 2026 1 story

60Sam Altman's big pitch to patch the big AI mess sounds like Jamie Dimon's Fortune Technology