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EP-79 Google’s Legal Battle ⚖️, Musk Vs. Openai 🤖, Market Mayhem 📉

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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, august 6.

  • google to appeal ruling: google will challenge a u.s. district court decision stating it acted illegally to maintain its search engine monopoly. if upheld, this could reshape the internet landscape. google argues its dominance benefits consumers and advertisers.
  • elon musk sues openai again: musk revives a lawsuit against openai and co-founder sam altman, alleging betrayal over openai’s shift from nonprofit to for-profit affiliations.
  • market rout hits tech giants: tech megacap companies like nvidia, apple, and amazon lose approximately $1 trillion in market value amid recession fears and disappointing economic data.
  • lucid motors secures funding: the ev startup gets $1.5 billion from a saudi sovereign wealth fund affiliate to offset significant losses, highlighting saudi arabia's commitment to the company.
  • key openai personnel changes: co-founder john schulman leaves for rival ai startup anthropic, while openai president greg brockman takes an extended leave, marking significant shifts within the company.

    • that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow

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