The battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman highlights a larger debate surrounding the ethical direction of AI development. Since Musk’s departure from OpenAI, Tesla’s

Musk dropped the lawsuit but filed another one against Altman and OpenAI, this time elevating his accusations to claim OpenAI worked with Microsoft, an investor, to create a monopoly. The billionaire also alleged the company violated its founding claim as a nonprofit by pursuing profit. OpenAI has denied the allegations.

The OpenAI CEO said he is willing to work with the incoming administration to ensure the continued advancement of AI.

Democrats accused the OpenAI CEO and other Big Tech CEOs of an "effort to influence and sway the actions and policies" of the incoming administration.

In his letter, Musk’s lawyer pushed the attorneys general to allow outside investors to bid for the nonprofit’s stake in OpenAI. If successful, that could allow an outside investor to take a significant position in, and to exercise control over, the start-up.

High-profile tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk will sit front and center at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

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American entrepreneur Elon Musk called Sam Altman's gen-AI firm 'profit-maximizer' amid the firm's for-profit switch motives.

A former OpenAI engineer's death has sparked controversy after his mother claimed he possessed sensitive documents about the company.

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration is shaping up to be a showdown of Silicon Valley’s biggest players.

OpenAI Whistleblower Suchir Balaji's mother has claimed that her son wasn't okay with OpenAI becoming for-profit; Elon Musk has reacted to that interview.