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Two days before the Elon Musk v. OpenAI trial began last week, Musk sent a text message to Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of the model maker. Musk suggested to Brockman that OpenAI settle the case. The exchange went off the rails when Brockman responded by suggesting that both sides drop the case, with Musk responding: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, you will be.” That’s what a new application filed by OpenAI’s lawyers on Sunday says. The filing did not include a copy of the…
Beanie Feldstein is making the leap from funny girl to future mother. In fact, nearly two years after the Broadway star married producer Bonnie-Chance Roberts, the pair announced they were expecting their first child. A May 4 Instagram post featured a snapshot of Bonnie and Beanie in pink cradling the Funny Girl alum’s baby, a snapshot of a pink and white tiered cake, and wrote, “Limited edition Scouse Beanie Baby coming soon!!” And of course, the couple’s news about their soon-to-be-born baby girl was greeted with lots of congratulations. Olivia Wilde, who directed Beanie for Booksmart, wrote: “So lucky baby.…
The pharmaceutical industry is at risk of a “bubble effect” as demand for weight loss and diabetes drugs soars and profitability soars, new research suggests. Demand for the likes of Wegovy and Zepbound has pushed research and development revenues to their highest level in years, but a report released by Deloitte on Monday suggests this masks pressures facing other sectors. Drug R&D revenue for the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies improved to 7% for the third consecutive year, thanks almost entirely to a small number of highly predictive assets such as glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP-1).The report reveals that for…
Brett Taylor’s AI startup Sierra has raised $950 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global and GV, the company announced Monday, giving it a post-money valuation of more than $15 billion. The funding brings Sierra more than $1 billion in funding, which the company says it will use to become the “world standard” for AI-powered customer experiences. Like many AI companies, Sierra has wisely been very aggressive in touting its growth in a crowded market. The company says it started a few years ago with just four design partners. Today, the company claims to have more than 40%…
Two days before Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against OpenAI went to trial, Musk sent a text message to the company’s president, Greg Brockman, to gauge interest in a settlement, according to a late Sunday filing. “When Mr. Brockman responded with a proposal for both sides to drop their respective claims, Mr. Musk retorted, ‘By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, you will be,'” the filing states.Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, sued the company, Brockman and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in 2024, accusing them of backtracking on…
If you’ve ever tried to create a seating chart for a wedding, you may have some idea of how difficult it can be to create a seating chart for the Met Gala. This is one of the most important aspects of the event where your team spends the most time, strategically seating guests with common interests in mind. “There’s a lot of thought put into who sits next to whom, whether they sat together last year, whether they sat next to each other at other events, and it’s shocking,” Ward Durrett said on The First Monday in May. “There’s a…
The global economy may be “sleepwalking” into a “great recession” as investors continue to underestimate the impact of oil price shocks, Amrita Sen, founder and director of market intelligence at Energy Aspect, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Monday. Last week, the S&P 500 index hit a new intraday high, and on May 1st, the market-wide index reached 7,230.12. This comes despite soaring energy costs due to Middle East wars, with oil prices soaring more than 50% since the US-Iran conflict began on February 28. “This is the biggest challenge for us. If anything, we think oil prices should be…
When will we take the fate of AI seriously? Here’s a key breakdown of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s commercial AI business. His lawyers argue that the organization was founded as a charity focused on AI safety and has lost its way in pursuit of profit. To prove that, they cite old emails and statements from the organization’s founders about the need for a public-spirited counterweight to Google DeepMind. Today they called Stuart Russell, the only expert witness who can speak directly about AI technology. Stuart Russell is a computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley…
Artificial intelligence startup Sierra has raised nearly $1 billion in a new funding round, CNBC has learned, as venture capital investors look for winners in ongoing deals.The San Francisco-based company has brought in $950 million in new capital, led by Tiger Global and Google’s GV, at a post-money valuation of $15.8 billion. Benchmark, Sequoia, Greenoaks and other existing investors also participated.The startup was founded three years ago by the chairman and former chairman of OpenAI. sales force Co-CEO Brett Taylor and his predecessor google Executive Clay Baber. Taylor was also chief technology officer. facebookand chairman of Twitter when Elon Musk…
Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn Birkhead makes her “Goth rock” debut; all eyes are on the 2026 Kentucky DerbyDannielynn Birkhead may be stepping away from the spotlight. The daughter of Larry Birkhead and the late Anna Nicole Smith has traditionally made an unusual public appearance with her father at the Kentucky Derby each year, but the pair have hinted that they may be calling it quits. “She’s almost 20 years old, and there are people who are cooler than me,” Larry told Access Hollywood on May 2. “I think we’ve really done this and it’s a tradition and we don’t…