Ever since Sam Altman met Elon Musk via an intro by YC partner Geoff Ralston, Altman considered Musk a “hero.” How that relationship unraveled, w/ Berber Jin Deepa Seetharaman wsj.com/tech/ai/elon-m… via The Wall Street Journal

I got to relive my Williamsburg youth and team up with my Midtown deskmate Alexandra Bruell (always a 'Do') on the latest edition of The Journal podcast wsj.com/podcasts/the-j…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with the UAE and others to raise money for an expansion of the global chips, energy and data center biz that could cost as much as $5-7 trillion. W/ ⁦Asa Fitch⁩ wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al…

Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview is likely to be posted Thursday, per sources. wsj.com/world/russia/t…

Scoop w/Joe Flint: Fox Corp., ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery are creating a joint streaming platform to share sports assets wsj.com/business/media…

David Smith might not read the Baltimore Sun much, but he's been trying to buy it for more than two years. w/ Jeffrey Trachtenberg wsj.com/business/media… via The Wall Street Journal

New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Infringement by ⁦Alexandra Bruell⁩ wsj.com/tech/ai/new-yo…

Sam Altman’s firing and return as CEO of OpenAI followed a pattern through three organizations he’s directed: A crisis of confidence among top leaders followed by a rebound to greater heights. w/ Deepa Seetharaman Berber Jin Kate Linebaugh wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al… via The Wall Street Journal

Google's embrace of AI in its core search product is terrifying news publishers, with estimates that they could lose up to 40% of Google-generated web traffic. w/Alexandra Bruell Miles Kruppa wsj.com/tech/ai/news-p… via The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft will get a board observer role at OpenAI, ⁦Deepa Seetharaman⁩ reports wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

This brilliant deep dive into effective altruism by Robert McMillan and Deepa Seetharaman is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what just happened at OpenAI.

wsj.com/tech/ai/openai… via The Wall Street Journal

The OpenAI board’s hallucinations about Sam’s lack of candor spurred law enforcement inquiries, according to WSJ.

This would be gross negligence and defamation.

On Friday, after the board defamed Sam in their blog post, the company got calls from law enforcement, including the…

When OpenAI's team told director Helen Toner the board's actions could trigger the company's collapse, she replied, “That would actually be consistent with the mission.'

Behind the scenes of the OpenAI saga w/ Deepa Seetharaman Berber Jin
wsj.com/tech/ai/altman… via The Wall Street Journal

Funny story… The Journal has a series on OpenAI coming in December. Listen to the trailer at the end of this episode!

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.Deepa Seetharaman spilling the tea...

The vast majority of OpenAI’s employees have signed a letter threatening to quit unless the board resigns and Sam Altman and ⁦Greg Brockman⁩ are reinstated wsj.com/tech/openai-em…

New: Emmett Shear will be interim CEO of OpenAI, per sources w/ direct knowledge. Sam not coming back as CEO. Mira on as CTO. Some kind of board statement coming soon.

New board members under consideration: Bret Taylor, Laurene Powell Jobs, Brian Chesky w/ ⁦Berber Jin⁩ ⁦Deepa Seetharaman⁩ ⁦Tom Dotan⁩ wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

Sam Altman is back in the OpenAI offices as negotiations over his future with the company continue. w/ Berber Jin Deepa Seetharaman Tom Dotan wsj.com/tech/ai/openai… via The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft and Thrive Capital are leading the charge to have OpenAI bring back Sam Altman after his abrupt ouster threw the AI company into chaos. w/ Berber Jin Deepa Seetharaman wsj.com/tech/openai-tr… via The Wall Street Journal