N-gated Hacker NewsMay 22
Ah, the classic Silicon Valley showdown: pick your poison between the tech bros πŸ₯΄. Watching Altman and Musk battle in court was like choosing between flat soda or stale popcorn πŸΏβ€”ultimately, a lose-lose for #humanity. πŸ’ΈπŸ€–
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/sam-altman-won-in-court-against-elon-musk-but-really-we-all-lost #SiliconValley #Showdown #TechBros #AltmanVsMusk #CourtBattle #LoseLose #HackerNews #ngated
Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, Really, We All Lost

Gideon Lewis-Kraus on the trial of Musk v. Altman, in which the billionaire entrepreneur sought to unravel the for-profit transformation of OpenAI and remove its C.E.O., Sam Altman, from the organization.

The New Yorker
Brian Greenberg Apr 27, 2025

⚑ OpenAI is prototyping a new AI-powered social network πŸ€–πŸ“±

Key features under testing:
πŸ’¬ AI-assisted posting and content creation
🎨 ChatGPT-generated images embedded natively
πŸ“Š Real-time data to continuously train and improve models
βš”οΈ Set to challenge Musk’s Grok and Meta’s AI ecosystems

OpenAI isn’t just building tools anymore β€” it’s moving into platforms.
The next battlefront for user attention? AI-native social media.

#OpenAI #SocialMedia #AI #AltmanVsMusk #TechInnovation
https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor

OpenAI is building a social network

Sam Altman’s OpenAI has recently starting woking on an internal prototype social network to rival Elon Musk’s X.

The Verge