{"id":49428,"date":"2026-04-22T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/business\/join-our-livestream-musk-v-altman-and-the-future-of-openai\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:01:11","slug":"join-our-livestream-musk-v-altman-and-the-future-of-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/business\/join-our-livestream-musk-v-altman-and-the-future-of-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Our Livestream: Musk v. Altman and the Future of OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this story<\/p>\n<p>Two of Big Tech\u2019s most influential billionaires, Sam Altman and Elon Musk, will go head-to-head in a highly anticipated trial beginning April 27. In <em>Musk v. Altman,<\/em> a judge, advised by a jury, will ultimately determine whether OpenAI has strayed from its founding mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits humanity, and the ruling could influence how the world\u2019s leading AI developer controls and distributes its technology. For now, you can learn more about the trial here.<\/p>\n<p>On the Panel<\/p>\n<p>On May 8, a panel of WIRED experts will go live to answer your questions about this consequential case.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/author\/zoe-schiffer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Zo\u00eb Schiffer<\/strong><\/a>: WIRED&#039;s director of business and industry, who oversees coverage of business and Silicon Valley.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/author\/maxwell-zeff\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Maxwell Zeff<\/strong><\/a>: a senior writer at WIRED covering the business of artificial intelligence. He writes the weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/model-behavior\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Model Behavior<\/em><\/a> newsletter, which focuses on the people, communities, and companies behind Silicon Valley\u2019s AI scene.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/author\/paresh-dave\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Paresh Dave<\/strong><\/a>: a senior writer at WIRED covering the inner workings of Big Tech companies. He writes about how apps and gadgets are built and about their impacts while giving voice to the stories of the underappreciated and disadvantaged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ask a Question<\/p>\n<p>Submit all your burning questions about this historic legal battle at WIRED\u2019s next, subscriber-only livestream scheduled for <strong>May 8 at noon ET \/ 9 PT<\/strong>. To leave questions in advance as the trial unfolds, head to the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p>Become a Subscriber<\/p>\n<p>The event will be streamed right here. For subscribers who are not able to join, a replay of the livestream will be available after the event. <strong>Not a subscriber yet?<\/strong> Subscribe now to get access to this livestream, plus full access to WIRED.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to WIRED<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, check out past livestreams on Big Tech and the military, the future of electric vehicles, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this story Two of Big Tech\u2019s most influential billionaires, Sam Altman and Elon Musk, will go head-to-head in a highly anticipated trial beginning April 27. In Musk v. Altman, a judge, advised by a jury, will ultimately determine whether OpenAI has strayed from its founding mission to ensure that artificial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}