Tag: AI Liability
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Musk Sought Control
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s courtroom testimony that Elon Musk once proposed handing control of the AI pioneer to his children underscores a bitter rift at the heart of artificial intelligence’s most influential lab. In a federal trial now entering its third week, Altman defended OpenAI against Musk’s lawsuit accusing him of “looting a charity” by…
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OpenAI Faces Probe
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier stunned the tech world Tuesday by announcing a criminal investigation into OpenAI, issuing subpoenas for the company’s internal policies on handling user threats of self-harm or violence against others. The probe stems from ChatGPT’s alleged interactions with Phoenix Ikner, the 20-year-old accused in the April 2025 Florida State University shooting…
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Molotov Cocktail Hits OpenAI CEO Home
In the dim predawn hours of a San Francisco morning, a Molotov cocktail shattered against the gate of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home, igniting flames that singed the property but spared its occupants. The 20-year-old assailant, Daniel Moreno-Gama from Texas, fled the scene only to threaten arson at OpenAI’s headquarters miles away less than an…
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AI Devs Seek Liability Shield
OpenAI’s bold endorsement of an Illinois bill that could absolve AI developers from liability in scenarios involving mass casualties or billion-dollar catastrophes underscores a pivotal tension in the industry’s evolution. The legislation, SB 3444, would protect “frontier” AI labs—those spending over $100 million on training compute—from lawsuits over “critical harms” like AI-assisted bioweapons or autonomous…