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Musk vs. Altman Trial Begins in Oakland
The long-awaited courtroom showdown between Elon Musk and Sam Altman kicked off today in Oakland federal court. Musk is suing OpenAI, claiming its leaders manipulated him into funding what he believed was a nonprofit. The case has been narrowed from 26 original claims to just two: breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment.
Major tech CEOs are expected to testify about whether OpenAI betrayed its original mission when it pivoted to include a for-profit arm. The trial comes at a critical moment – OpenAI has a blockbuster IPO on the horizon. CNN reports that finding an impartial jury may be nearly impossible given both men’s public profiles.
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Google Commits $40 Billion to Anthropic
Alphabet confirmed a massive investment of up to $40 billion in Anthropic, with an initial $10 billion tranche and $30 billion potentially to follow. The deal, reported by Bloomberg and confirmed by both companies on April 24, strengthens Google’s position in the AI race while supporting Anthropic’s growing compute needs.
This comes on top of Amazon’s existing $5 billion cash commitment (with an upper limit of $25 billion) plus 5 gigawatts of Trainium computing power. Anthropic now reports annualized revenues exceeding $30 billion as of March 2026.
xAI Launches Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0
xAI shipped its most capable voice agent model on April 23 – Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0. The model is designed for enterprise-grade voice agents that reason out loud as they talk, combining speech recognition, reasoning, and real-time response generation.
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It tops the Tau Voice Bench leaderboard, outperforming Gemini, GPT Realtime, and xAI’s own predecessor across retail, airline, and telecom workflows. Available now via API.
Snap Cuts 1,000 Jobs as AI Writes 65% of Code
Snapchat parent Snap laid off roughly 1,000 employees – 16% of its workforce. CEO Evan Spiegel noted that AI now writes more than 65% of the company’s new code, targeting $500 million in annualized savings by H2 2026. Defense AI funding also hit $12.7 billion this quarter as the industry’s center of gravity shifts rapidly.
OpenClaw Hits 347K GitHub Stars, BCG Publishes CIO Guide
The open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw reached 347,000 GitHub stars in April, making it one of the most-starred repositories in GitHub history. Boston Consulting Group published a new report titled “CIOs, OpenClaw, and the New Wave of Autonomous AI Agents” advising enterprise leaders on deploying agentic workforces safely.
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Meanwhile, content creator Alex Finn published a detailed setup tutorial on Geeky Gadgets showing how to configure OpenClaw as a fully autonomous AI employee handling coding, research, and device control.
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