After roughly two hours of deliberation on Monday, the jury in the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial agreed unanimously to reject Musk’s lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI, finding that both of his charges, for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment, violated the statute of limitations. Tom Dotan, who has been in the courtroom throughout the trial that has gripped Silicon Valley for the last three weeks, suspected Musk would lose. Still, Dotan writes in his latest dispatch that despite the arguments made by Altman’s lawyers, it’s now clear that “the OpenAI nonprofit is little more than the most well-funded fig leaf of all time covering up an $852 billion enterprise.”
Elsewhere, Dan Adler talked to an insider for Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign who suggests Joe Rogan might be the real reason Harris never appeared on his podcast. And VF Italia’s Laura Scafati notes how chic the stars in Cannes look even when they’re not on the red carpet. |
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The biggest question about OpenAI going forward is about what, exactly, this company is—and how much the public will care if it continues to operate as a Potemkin charity? |
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Donald Trump’s interview with Joe Rogan has been cited as one of the reasons for his 2024 election success. Rob Flaherty, the head of digital for the Kamala Harris campaign, tells Vanity Fair that Harris had every intention of appearing on the wildly popular podcast—so why didn’t she? |
Along the Croisette, celebrities look just as cool in their airport-to-hotel looks as they do on the red carpet. |
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For the August 1996 issue, photographer Helmut Newton turned his camera on the glamour and decadence of Cannes, while David Kamp eyed the tacky, gaudy brew of starlets, art-house talent, and floating brothels. |
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