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Coverage timeline for “openai altman ai industry”

Monday, May 18, 2026
- Jury rules against Musk in landmark AI trialAxios•5:38 PM
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI suit as jury says too late - Yahoo FinanceGoogle News•2:25 AM
- Axios Harris Poll 100: GOP embraces AI over DemocratsAxios•9:00 AM
- In Musk v. Altman trial, the entire AI industry lostAxios•9:20 AM
- In Musk v. Altman trial, the entire AI industry lost - AxiosGoogle News•9:20 AM
- Musk lawsuit against OpenAI thrown out by jury - MashableGoogle News•10:07 AM
- As OpenAI Celebrates Court Win Against Musk, Other Challenges Lie Ahead - The New York TimesGoogle News•1:32 PM
- Elon Musk breaks silence on OpenAI trial decision - TeslaratiGoogle News•2:42 PM
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
- Futures Rise Ahead Of Critical Nvidia Earnings As Oil, Bond Yields DropZeroHedge•11:51 AM
Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Two hours that changed AIAxios•9:20 AM
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei Reverse Predictions on AI Job Displacement as IPOs LoomBreitbart•5:19 PM
Saturday, June 6, 2026
- Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AIAP•6:53 AM
- Trump: U.S. stake in AI giants "could be a beautiful thing"Axios•1:15 PM
Monday, June 8, 2026
- Sam Altman Pushes Plan For Backdoor Government Backstop By Handing Out Small Equity Stake To Americans ZeroHedge•12:25 AM
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
- From Token-maxxing To Token-panic: Citrini Warns AI Goldilocks Narrative Hitting A Wall ZeroHedge•2:20 PM
- "A Lot Of BS, Honestly": Apollo Head Says Everyone Is Measuring AI WrongZeroHedge•6:20 PM
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- AI Price Wars Begin: OpenAI Considers "Drastic Price Cuts" In Pursuit Of Anthropic CustomersZeroHedge•3:03 AM
Thursday, June 25, 2026
- Trump administration asks OpenAI to limit next model release over security concernsAxios•10:26 PM
Thursday, July 2, 2026
- AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy LanziThe Verge•2:00 PM
Monday, July 6, 2026
- Tech CEOs: Just Kidding About That JobpocalypseZeroHedge•9:20 PM
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- OpenAI launches GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice upgrade that lets ChatGPT talk more like a personVentureBeat•6:49 PM
Friday, July 10, 2026
- Inside the alternative playbook to AI regulationAxios•9:15 AM
- The Token Revolt Goes Mainstream: Palo Alto CEO Demands 90% AI Price DropZeroHedge•8:50 PM
Thursday, July 16, 2026
- Behind the Curtain: AI godfathers converge on regulationsAxios•9:40 AM
- Global Investments In Nuclear Fusion Surge 69% To $4.5BZeroHedge•3:45 PM
Monday, July 20, 2026
- Dr. Jill Lepore on why AI backlash is vital for the futureThe Verge•3:00 PM
Thursday, July 23, 2026
- Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone eraThe Verge•2:00 PM
Friday, July 24, 2026
- Behind the Curtain: The AI titans' biggest private fearAxios•9:53 AM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
- AI labs face prisoner's dilemma as momentum grows for safety slowdownAxios•9:00 AM
- AI price wars: OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80% as model competition shifts toward costVentureBeat•9:48 PM
Friday, July 31, 2026
- Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AITechCrunch•5:26 PM
Saturday, August 1, 2026
- DeepSeek's new bargain model accelerates AI's race to zeroAxios•1:00 PM
Sunday, August 2, 2026
- AI's manifesto warAxios•12:21 PM
Thursday, August 6, 2026
- Welcome to the singularity: AI's architects say the next era of human history is hereAxios•9:48 AM
- The left and right agree on one thing: no data centersThe Verge•2:00 PM
Monday, August 10, 2026
- Exclusive: Sanders calls for AI development pauseAxios•9:00 AM
- If They Were Human, They'd Be Arrested. Experts Respond To Rogue AI BreachesZeroHedge•3:40 PM
Thursday, August 13, 2026
- Does Google even want to win at AI?The Verge•2:10 PM
Monday, August 17, 2026
- It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben SmithThe Verge•2:00 PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- OpenAI blinks first in AI safety standoffAxios•9:14 AM
Monday, August 24, 2026
- The Great Walkback: Sam Altman Admits He Was Wrong On AI's Economic TimelineZeroHedge•6:00 PM
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- OpenAI’s executive exodus has one big winnerThe Verge•2:00 PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Trump's AI team fractures over strategy against G20 backdropAxios•9:08 AM
Friday, September 4, 2026
- EU tech chief: AI guardrails inevitable for U.S.Axios•9:15 AM
Monday, September 7, 2026
- Axios interview: Altman sees revenge of "idea guy"Axios•10:43 AM
Thursday, September 10, 2026
- Scoop: OpenAI faces GOP-led Senate investigation into Hugging Face breachAxios•9:00 AM
- Why the current tech backlash feels differentThe Verge•2:00 PM
Friday, September 11, 2026
- Futures Rise As Oil Prices Drop Ahead Of CPI ReportZeroHedge•12:28 PM
Saturday, September 12, 2026
- 'Pace The Frontier': Amodei, Altman & Musk Team Up Against The AI Singularity While China Goes Full SendZeroHedge•8:20 PM
Sunday, September 13, 2026
- Elon Musk and Sam Altman Join Anthropic CEO in Warning That AI Must Slow Down to Avoid CatastropheResist the Mainstream•2:43 AM
- AI's most powerful CEOs hit the brakesAxios•12:56 PM
- Anthropic's AI Warning To Weigh On Stocks As Contracts Traded On Hyperliquid SlideZeroHedge•6:35 PM
- Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreactingThe Verge•7:41 PM
Monday, September 14, 2026
- OpenAI boss Sam Altman spells out how and why the AI industry wants to slow down: 'We could lose control' - CNBCGoogle News•8:59 AM
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on AI: We may lose control - Yahoo FinanceGoogle News•10:16 AM
- Altman Says AI’s Rapid Progress Could Go ‘Very Badly’ - wsj.comGoogle News•12:25 PM
- Sam Altman warns of 2 ways AI progress could go badly - Fox NewsGoogle News•12:28 PM
- Futures Slide As Tech Tumbles On Fears Of AI Slowdown, Oil JumpsZeroHedge•12:31 PM

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