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Elon Musk Admits Grok Uses AI Distillation

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Elon Musk has stated in court that his legal claims against OpenAI have reached $134 billion. The trial is expected to continue for the next three weeks and will include testimony from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The Tesla and Grok founder filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company betrayed its original mission to serve humanity rather than acting as a commercial entity. Musk claimed his friendship with Google co-founder Larry Page ended a decade ago after Musk convinced a valuable Google employee to join OpenAI. The lawsuit follows similar deals signed by xAI and OpenAI that grant military officials more latitude with AI systems. The lawsuit centers on whether these promises were fulfilled. Co-founders and investors had committed to investing one billion dollars, which at the time seemed. A decision is expected by mid-May.

Elon Musk has stated in court that his legal claims against OpenAI have reached $134 billion. The trial is expected to continue for the next three weeks and will include testimony from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The Tesla and Grok founder filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company betrayed its original mission to serve humanity rather than acting as a commercial entity. Musk claimed his friendship with Google co-founder Larry Page ended a decade ago after Musk convinced a valuable Google employee to join OpenAI. The lawsuit follows similar deals signed by xAI and OpenAI that grant military officials more latitude with AI systems. The lawsuit centers on whether these promises were fulfilled. Co-founders and investors had committed to investing one billion dollars, which at the time seemed. A decision is expected by mid-May. The case involves questions about OpenAI's status as a non-profit organization. The suit claims OpenAI has shifted its focus towards profit-driven models, contradicting its initial promise to benefit humanity. Elon Musk admitted that the Grok AI system is being trained by copying other AI systems through a process called distillation. This method is also reportedly used by Chinese AI companies to learn from American systems.

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Kommersant FM

“До двух лет сумма его искового претензий к фонду достигла 134 миллиардов долларов.”

RAI Radio 2

“Altman avrebbe trasformato quel progetto in una macchina da soldi, tradendo lo spirito iniziale. Un processo quello che inizia domani, che promette dunque spettacolo”

LBC London

“And apparently open AI is now valued at $850 billion. It's a company that's not made a profit in its life. It's just canceled a billion dollar deal with Disney”

LBC London

“at the center of it is it's a $147 billion lawsuit. And apparently open AI is now valued at $850 billion.”

RFI Monde

“Elon Musk, co-fondateur d'Open AI en 2015 avant de la quitter trois ans plus tard, traîne la start-up devant la justice. Le point de vue de Sam Altman est évidemment bien différent.”

BR24

“Elon Musk wirft OpenAI vor, die Gründungsprinzipien des Start-ups bewusst gebrochen zu haben. Denn OpenAI wurde 2015 als nicht kommerzielle und gemeinnützige Einrichtung gegründet.”

Times Radio UK

“In the lawsuit Musk alleges that Orton deceived him about his plans for Open AI, particularly his plans to make money out of it, and that he broke what Musk is, a contract.”

KDKA 1020 Pittsburgh

“A beast industry spokesperson called the lawsuit, quote, a cloud chasing complete. she was quote actually in labor at the hospital as we speak in response to allegations that mr bees failed to inform her of her rights under the family and medical leave act”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“Miles was questioned about recent reports out of the US Congress that we've seen over the past week or so where some US officials and some Navy officials as well have been sounding the alarm somewhat about the pace of construction of nuclear submarines.”

DLF Nova

“Der entsprechende Prozess, der startet heute in San Francisco.”

SWR Aktuell

“In den USA geht heute ein Gerichtsprozess über OpenAI los. Es geht um die Frage, ob die Chat-GPT-Firma zu einem kommerziellen Unternehmen werden durfte. Geklagt hatte der Milliardär Elon Musk.”

Mastodon

“Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court Monday over fate of OpenAIhttps://www.kpbs.org/news/economy/2026/04/27/musk-vs-altman-tech-ceos-head-to-court-monday-over-fate-of-openai?utm_source=flipboard&u...”

KQED FM

“Well, Musk claims that he was promi- that OpenAI would be a non-profit forever. And he was deeply involved in those early days in court documents. His lawyers say that he gave more than $44 million to OpenAI back then.”

WAMU 88.5 DC

“Musk also wants It's all meant to be booted from open AIs.”

WNYC 93.9 FM

“Musk also wants Altman to be booted from open AI's for price.”

talkRADIO

“and we're not talking about clear cases and look they're bad things”

BBC Radio 4

“underneath. What about this, Deborah? At this, that it kind of goes...”

KQED FM

“go back to being a wholly non-profit entity, Musk also wants Altman to be booted from Open AI's for-profit leadership and non-profit board. So there's a-”

ICI Radio-Canada

“Mais là, Elon Musk trouve que ça va pas assez vite, qu'on ne progresse pas assez vite, voudrait reprendre la main. Et là, Schickhand avec Sam Hartman, à ce moment-là, s'oppose à ça. Elon Musk décide de quitter l'entreprise en 2018. Et là, l'année suivante, en 2019, Sam Hartman crée une filiale commerciale de l'entreprise sans but lucratif.”

WAMU 88.5 DC

“and open AI is a household name. Thanks to its flagship product. and it's transitioned into being a for-profit company. This is a case about Musk really who left in 2018 challenging that switch from being non-profit to for-profit.”

SWR Aktuell

“Elon Musk wirft OpenAI vor, die Gründungsprinzipien des Startups bewusst gebrochen zu haben. Denn OpenAI wurde 2015 als nicht kommerzielle und gemeinnützige Einrichtung gegründet.”

SWR Aktuell

“Nach einem Machtkampf zog sich Musk aber 2018 aus dem Startup.”

radioeins

“we should talk about it. I can be anything, I remember everything.”

Bluesky Social

“Elon Musk vs Sam Altman: inizia lo scontro in tribunale Inizia oggi il processo che stabilirà se OpenAI non ha mantenuto la promessa originaria e quindi se Elon Musk dovrà ricevere un risarciment...”

BBC World Service

“Now he's pushing for more than $130 billion in damages, but he says that will be reinvested into the not-for-profit arm of the business. And he also wants the removal of Sam Altman from the board.”

BBC World Service

“I think for fraud he has to show that the open AI defendants deceived him at some point in time and that's what led him to become one of their, if not their most significant donor.”

BBC WS backup

“AI, Sam Altman, heads to trial. Muscus suing Altman over the head. He claims Altman defrauded him. Musk ultimately handed over around 40 million dollars in donations.”

Radio 24

“di cui parleremo se ce la facciamo è lo sconto, diciamo che di Altman in Open AI che cosa riguarda l'accusa e presunto tradimento della missione originaria sviluppare un'intrigente artificiale per i benefici d'umanità come no profit, la cusa di masche che hanno cambiato diciamo pelle e rotta durante gli anni costruendo una struttura a scopo di lucro e stringendo accordi miliardari con un'azienda come Microsoft per finanziare la propria intelligenti artificiali questo secondo Elon Musk ha cambiato”

France Inter

“Et donc, il a décidé d'attaquer Open AI. Un procès sur fond de SOME, et bien oui, Musk est à la bourre ayant un intelligence artificielle, il tente donc tout ce qu'il peut pour ralentir les autres. Le procès doit durer plusieurs semaines.”

NBC News Radio

“Elon Musk is suing open AI CEO Sam Altman, the world's richest man claims Altman, betrayed open AI's original mission, which was to develop open source, nonprofit artificial intelligence.”

Bloomberg Radio

“And that includes a request from Musk that Altman and the president of OpenAI, Greg Brockman, be removed from their leadership positions.”

WBUR Boston

“deceived him into donating tens of millions of dollars on the prom and the company violated that mission and ended up shifting to a for-profit model that was really ultimately in his view about enriching themselves.”

BBC World Service

“Musk says that these two men and the company violated that mission and ended up shifting to a for-profit model that was really ultimately in his view about enriching themselves.”

BBC Radio 4

“Musk says that these two men and the company violated that mission and ended up shifting to a for-profit model that”

BBC Radio 4

“violated that mission and ended up shifting to a for-profit model that it certainly could have big impacts on the company and its users.”

WTOP Washington DC

“Jury selection, turning the page this evening, started in a trial that pits billionaire against billionaire. Elon Musk is suing open AI and its leaders.”

WTOP Washington DC

“Elon Musk is suing open AI and its leaders. Jury selection, turning the page this evening, started in a trial that pits billionaire against billionaire.”

WTOP Washington DC

“billionaire against billionaire. Elon Musk is suing open AI and its leaders.”

WTOP Washington DC

“Elon Musk is suing open AI and its leaders. pivoted to become from a nonprofit into a for-profit enterprise. And so what we're seeing here spill into public view are new back and forth text messages”

Business FM Russia

“Илон Маск запускает банковский сервис X-Mani в внутри соцсети X. Об этом сообщает Bloomberg. Сервис начнет работать в США до конца апреля”

Mastodon

“Elon Musk and Sam Altman's court battle to reveal ongoing power struggle at Open AI”

Bluesky Social

“Opening remarks are set for Tuesday in a courtroom showdown between billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI over whether the artificial intelligence (AI) company betrayed its nonprofit mission.”

WAMU 88.5 DC

“The heart of this legal drama is this allegation by Elon Musk... that a fellow billionaire, Sam Altman, deceived him into donating tens of millions of dollars to open AI.”

BBC World Service

“fellow billionaire Sam Altman, deceived him into donating tens of millions of dollars to open AI. And this was all done in musk's telling of things with the promise that open AI was going to be a nonprofit and remain a nonprofit.”

WNYC 93.9 FM

“His allegation is that Altman and some others violated that pact, that mission was shifted into a for-profit enterprise and that Altman enriched himself along the way.”

NPR

“It's got a valuation of nearly $1 trillion and it's transitioned into being a for-profit company. This is a case about Musk really who left in 2018 challenging that switch.”

CRI News Radio

“OpenAI原始联合创始人 马斯克于2024年正式起诉OpenAI奥尔特曼及联合创始人格雷格布罗克曼 同时将其最大投资方微软列为被告 索赔金额高达1500亿美元”

CRI News Radio

“Musk sued OpenAI's Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman in 2024, also naming Microsoft as a defendant, seeking $150 billion in damages.”

CRI News Radio

“OpenAI and Microsoft both firmly deny the allegations. OpenAI responded that this lawsuit is baseless and is Musk's attempt to suppress competitors and seize control of the company to support his own AI project xAI.”

CRI News Radio

“OpenAI and Microsoft both firmly deny the allegations. OpenAI responded that this lawsuit is groundless, and it is Musk's extreme intention to suppress competitors and actually seize control of the company to support his own AI project xAI.”

France Culture

“La plainte de Musk serait donc motivée par la jalousie et le désir d'affaiblir un concurrent affirme Open AI.”

France Culture

“Elon Musk Open AI rétorque que le patron de Tesla avait donné son accord au changement de structure, un changement indispensable pour trouver les fonds nécessaires à la coûteuse recherche sur l'intelligence artificielle.”

WBAL Baltimore

“Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman, alleging the head of open AI duped him into investing in a non-profit when, in actuality, Altman intended to turn the company into a for-profit business.”

RTBF La Premiere

“Elon Musk accuse le second Sam Altman d'avoir trahi la vocation non lucrative d'Open AI, qu'ils ont en fait créé ensemble.”

RTBF La Premiere

“Elon Musk attaque donc aujourd'hui Sam Altman en justice. La question est de savoir si cette transformation finalement de OpenAI, est-ce que c'est une trahison délibérée de Sam Altman ou est-ce que c'est la conséquence inévitable des réalités du marché ?”

RTBF La Premiere

“Elon Musk attaque donc aujourd'hui Sam Altman en justice. La question est de savoir si cette transformation finalement de l'OpenAI, est-ce que c'est une trahison délibérée de Sam Altman ou est-ce que c'est la conséquence inévitable des réalités du marché ?”

RTBF La Premiere

“Elon Musk attaque donc aujourd'hui Sam Altman en justice. La question est de savoir si cette transformation finalement de l'Open AI, est-ce que c'est une trahison délibérée de Sam Altman ou est-ce que c'est la conséquence inévitable des réalités du marché ?”

RTBF La Premiere

“Elon Musk attaque donc aujourd'hui Sam Altman en justice. La question est de trancher si cette transformation de l'OpenAI est une trahison délibérée de Sam Altman ou si c'est la conséquence inévitable des réalités du marché.”

NBC News Radio

“Elon Musk is suing open AI CEO Sam Altman. The world's richest man claims Altman betrayed open AI's original mission, which was to develop open source, nonprofit artificial intelligence with the benefit of humanity.”

WTOP Washington DC

“Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, as well as the company itself, saying that Musk was fundamentally and intentionally lied to, he alleges, when he left the company as a co-founder.”

NBC News Radio

“And a trial that could decide the future of AI started Monday in California. Elon Musk is suing open AI CEO Sam Altman.”

RTS La 1ere

“Elon Musk accuse Sam Altman d'avoir trahi la vocation non lucrative d'open AI qu'ils avaient fondé ensemble. Et souvenez-vous, c'est par là qu'est arrivé l'intelligence artificielle dans nos vies avec Chad J.P.T.”

RTS La 1ere

“Elon Musk accuse Sam Altman d'avoir trahi la vocation non lucrative d'open AI qu'ils avaient fondé ensemble. C'est en partie la bataille pour le contrôle de l'IA et de ses profits qui se jouent devant la justice californienne.”

RFI Afrique

“le procès vient de débuter aux États-Unis et il oppose ni plus ni moins que l'homme le plus riche du monde. A Sam Altman, le patron d'OpenAI, concrètement, ce que reproche Elon Musk à la maison mère de chet J.P.T.”

RTS La 1ere

“La plainte de Musk serait donc motivée par la jalousie et le désir d'affaiblir un concurrent affirme Open AI.”

WTOP Washington DC

“Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, as well as the company itself, saying that Musk was fundamentally and intentionally lied to, he alleges, when he left the company as a co-founder and then OpenAI eventually pivoted to become a for-profit enterprise.”

WTOP Washington DC

“Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, as well as the company itself, saying that Musk was fundamentally and intentionally lied to”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“the allegation here is that, coming from Elon Musk, saying that Sam Maltman and Greg Brockman, who's the co-defendant, one of them, he's the president of OpenAI, that they deceived him into donating tens of millions of dollars on the promise that OpenAI was going to be and remain a nonprofit”

ICI Radio-Canada

“C'est un procès qui nous ramène au tout début d'Open AI, la compagnie qui est derrière Chad GPT. Il y a un peu plus de dix ans à l'époque, Open AI vous laisse présenter comme le garant de la sécurité de l'intelligence artificielle et non pousser par le profit.”

NPR

“If Musk prevails, there could be massive financial penalties. There's also the possibility that OpenAI is forced to reverse its for-profit conversion and go back to being wholly nonprofit entity.”

Al Araby Radio

“the legal conflict between Elon Musk and the artificial intelligence company OpenAI led by Sam Altman has begun with the filing of a lawsuit, with Musk saying the defendants hid their plans from him and exploited his financial support to achieve profits, demanding compensation for his deception.”

Al Araby Radio Qatar

“لا يزال الصراع القضائية فاعل بين إلو ماسك وشركة الذكاء الاستناعي اوبن اي آي بقيادة يسام ألسان مع بدء المرفعت والموسك إن المدع عليهم أخفو عنه خططهم”

Business FM Russia

“Маск, просит ОПЕНАИ. Миллиардер требует от компании, ее ген-директора Сэма. Альтмена президента Агрега Брокмана и их ключевых партнеров.”

Bloomberg Radio

“nine jurors in the San Francisco Bay Area have been seated in the AI industry's closely watched trial between Elon Musk and open AI chief Sam Altman.”

WTOP Washington DC

“A jury selection has started in a trial that pits billionaire against billionaire, Elon Musk suing open AI and its leaders including CEO Sam Altman.”

Bloomberg Radio

“the legal face-off between Elon Musk and Sam Altman that could determine the future of open AI Musk accuses Altman and others at the chat GPT maker of enriching themselves by abandoning the company's altruistic principles and converting it to a for-profit”

Business FM Russia

“Илон Маск против ОПН и Аисэма Альтмана в суде. Основатель SpaceX обвинил руководство компании в нарушении общественных интересов и требует 130 миллиардов долларов компенсации.”

NTV Radyo

“MASC, Altman ve diğer yöneticilerin şirketin kurulum aşamasında kamu gererine çalışan Keramacı Gütmeyemgil yapı sözü verdiklerini ancak daha sonra şirketi kişisel kazanç kapısına dönüştürdüklerini hesabınlıyor.”

CRI News Radio

“起訴OpenAI 奧爾特曼及聯合創始人格雷格·布羅克曼 同時將其最大投資方微軟列為被告 索賠金額高達1500億美元”

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