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The Musk versus Altman trial closed out this week, and the central question hanging over every argument was a simple but uncomfortable one: can we actually trust the people running artificial intelligence? The case wrapped without a clean resolution, but it leaves a cloud over OpenAI just as SpaceX barrels toward what could be one of the largest IPOs in American history.
On a different kind of trust question, OpenAI has now launched a personal finance tool that connects ChatGPT directly to your bank accounts. The pitch is straightforward — let the model see your actual spending and it can offer real advice. The trade-off is equally straightforward: you are handing one of the world's most powerful AI companies a detailed map of your financial life.
And in Atlanta, residents in one northwest neighborhood are reporting something genuinely strange — empty Waymo robotaxis circling their streets repeatedly, early in the morning, for weeks. Waymo hasn't offered a satisfying explanation yet, and the story is a good reminder that autonomous systems operating in public spaces raise questions communities weren't asked to weigh in on before the cars arrived.
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