Daily dispatch

April 29, 2026

Issue filed Apr 29, 2026 · 24 headlines · By Oz Gultekin

Daily dispatch for April 29, 2026. 24 headlines from labour, tech, and policy feeds, rewritten by hand for the class war in progress.

№ 01 The New York Times

OpenAI Trial Starts With Two Very Different Tales of a Company’s Early Years

In the trial’s first day of testimony, Elon Musk said greed led co-founder Sam Altman to pull the A.I. lab away from its nonprofit roots. OpenAI says that’s.
№ 02 The Guardian

‘Stole a charity’: Elon Musk accuses Sam Altman of betrayal in courtroom showdown

Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly vicious The trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman and.
№ 03 The New York Times

Google Signs A.I. Deal With the Pentagon

The Pentagon has also signed deals for using A.I. on classified networks with OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, amid a dispute with Anthropic.
№ 04 The Verge

Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity

On the stand, Elon Musk is positioning himself as a savior. In the high-profile trial between him and his fellow OpenAI cofounder, now CEO, Sam Altman, Musk.
№ 05 The Verge

Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk.
№ 06 The Verge

Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI

Elon Musk officially began his testimony in the trial he has brought against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman. The three were on the.
№ 07 MIT Tech Review

The Download: Musk and Altman’s legal showdown, and AI’s profit problem

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Elon Musk and Sam.
№ 08 The New York Times

What Elon Musk’s Clash With Sam Altman of OpenAI Is Really About

Mr. Musk’s lawsuit against Mr. Altman and OpenAI makes the case that all-encompassing greed is Silicon Valley’s defining feature.
№ 09 MIT Tech Review

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future

After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping.
№ 10 The New York Times

A.I. Helps Online Ad Businesses Boom

Google and Meta are enjoying a digital ad boom, as artificial intelligence automates marketing and drives record sales.
№ 11 The Verge

Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared

Today the first witness was sworn in in Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk. I was surprised by how flat he seemed. This is not the first time I've seen Musk in court.
№ 12 Financial Times

Musk claims Altman ‘stole a charity’ in OpenAI trial testimony

Billionaire said it is ‘dangerous’ to have someone who is ‘not trustworthy in charge of AI’
№ 13 TechCrunch

Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal

After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the.
№ 14 The Guardian

The personal pettiness of the Elon Musk v OpenAI trial

In theory, Musk and Altman’s court fight could pose key questions about AI safety, in reality, it’s motivated by money and personal grievance Sign up for the.
№ 15 Fast Company

Elon Musk and ChatGPT’s Sam Altman head to an AI trial that promises clashing testimony

The high-stakes trial could change the balance of power in AI.
№ 16 VentureBeat

Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into.
№ 17 MIT Tech Review

It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste

Today, nuclear energy enjoys a rare moment of support across the political spectrum in the US. Interest from tech companies that are scrambling to meet demand.
№ 18 The Guardian

A whole new world: Disneyland adds facial recognition to some entrance lanes

Walt Disney Company says technology at California theme park will prevent fraud and streamline re-entry Disneyland, the beloved California adventure park, has.
№ 19 TechCrunch

At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship

It's a story Musk has told before -- in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk -- but Tuesday was the first time he.
№ 20 TechCrunch

Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS

A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service.
№ 21 Financial Times

OpenAI expands Amazon deal after Microsoft loosens exclusivity terms

AWS customers will have direct access to AI lab’s most advanced models
№ 22 Fast Company

Otter wants AI agents to mine your meetings for institutional knowledge

New tools let its AI connect conversations with live enterprise data, giving workers and agents deeper access to organizational memory.
№ 23 The New York Times

Microsoft and OpenAI Loosen Their Partnership

Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest financial partner, will continue to license the start-up’s technology but will no longer be its exclusive licensee.
№ 24 Simon Willison

Tracking the history of the now-deceased OpenAI Microsoft AGI clause

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