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Elon Musk Wanted Tesla to Take Over OpenAI, Romantic Partner Testifies in Court | Flipboard

Flipboard · · 409 words · By The Wall Street Journal; Angel Au-Yeung

The provided text is a collection of news headlines and snippets from a content aggregator, covering topics such as legal testimony regarding Elon Musk and OpenAI, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's comments on a detention center, and various technology updates from Apple TV, Xbox, Perplexity, and Nvidia.

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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Elon Musk Wanted Tesla to Take Over OpenAI”
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Multiple web search results, including testimony from OpenAI president Greg Brockman, confirm that Elon Musk wanted OpenAI to merge with Tesla or be under his full control.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk's_Tesla_Roadster
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The legal affairs of Elon Musk encompass the legal cases involving Elon Musk as the plaintiff, defendant, or concerning his companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_Elon_Musk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$659 billion as of May 2026, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and $788 billion according to Forbes, prim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk
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“Former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis, who has four children with Musk”
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The claim is corroborated by the New York Post, Wikipedia, and multiple web search results confirming Shivon Zilis is a former OpenAI board member and has four children with Elon Musk.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Musk family is a prominent family with roots in South Africa, Canada, England, and the United States, whose most famous member is businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_family
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Musk v. Altman is an ongoing lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in which Elon Musk accuses OpenAI and its executives, including CEO Sam Altman, of viol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_v._Altman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shivon Alice Zilis (born February 8, 1986) is a Canadian technology executive and venture capitalist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivon_Zilis
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“Shivon Zilis took the stand in court on Wednesday”
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Two independent news sources (Flipboard and BBC News) specifically report that Shivon Zilis testified in a federal courtroom in Oakland on Wednesday.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Shivon Zilis testified in a federal courtroom in Oakland, California for hours on Wednesday
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/former-openai-board-member-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Shivon Zilis testified in a federal courtroom in Oakland, California on Wednesday as part of Musk's lawsuit trying to reverse OpenAI's change to a for-profit company.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33243j44p8o?at_medium=RSS…
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“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the immigration detention center known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” always was meant to be temporary”
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While Flipboard reports the statement by Governor DeSantis, the other web search results are irrelevant (storage boxes) and Wikipedia entries do not mention this specific quote or event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Douglas James Burgum ( BURG-əm; born August 1, 1956) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 55th United States secretary of the interior since 2025 under President Donald Trum…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Burgum
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of rallies held by Donald Trump for his second successful presidential campaign in the 2024 presidential election resulting in him being elected the 47th president of the United States …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project) is a political initiative published in April 2023 by the Heritage Foundation with the goal of reshaping the U.S. federal governmen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
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“The New York Times reported state and federal officials were in early talks about shutting down [Alligator Alcatraz]”
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Flipboard reports the NYT coverage, and Wikipedia confirms the existence and location of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' (South Florida Detention Facility), providing the necessary context for the report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The sewer alligator is an urban legend about alligators that are said to live in sewers outside alligators' native range. Some cities in which sewer alligators have supposedly been found are New York …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of fatal alligator attacks in the United States in reverse chronological order by decade. All occurred in the South, where alligators are endemic to wetlands and tidal marshes. The stat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South Florida Detention Facility, nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz, is an immigration detention facility located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport inside Big Cypress National Preserve in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_Alcatraz
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“Cape Fear is a high-profile limited series coming to Apple TV next month”
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Wikipedia explicitly lists 'Cape Fear' as an upcoming American psychological thriller drama television miniseries on Apple TV, and web results confirm the trailer and release context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple Inc. has produced and distributed its own original content since 2016. Since 2019, it has distributed shows and movies on its Apple TV streaming service. The first television show produced by Ap…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cape Fear is an upcoming American psychological thriller drama television miniseries created by Nick Antosca, based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald and its film adaptations in 1962 …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cape Fear is a 1991 American southern gothic psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Wesley Strick. It is a remake of the 1962 film, which was based on the 1957 no…
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“Perplexity’s Personal Computer... is now available to all Mac users via its desktop app, the company announced on Thursday”
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Multiple web search results confirm Perplexity announced the 'Personal Computer' feature for Mac users via its desktop app on Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Perplexity’s Personal Computer, its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents, is now available to all Mac users via its desktop app, the company announced on Thursday.The new Mac app is available …
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/perplexitys-personal-compu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Here's the deal: Perplexity announced Personal Computer at its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference. It is software that runs continuously on a user-supplied Mac mini, merging local files, apps, an…
https://www.theainight.com/p/perplexity-announces-personal-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — perplexity mac app personal computer Personal Computer is available in the new Mac app, which Perplexity says gives users access to queries, conversations, and dictation.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/07/perplexity-mac-app-pers…
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“ChatGPT-5.5 Instant was just released”
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Three independent web sources, including OpenAI's own site and 9to5Mac, confirm the release of GPT-5.5 Instant as the new default model.
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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, OpenAI released a new foundation model called GPT-5.5 Instant, which will replace GPT-5.3 Instant as the default ChatGPT model. The company said the model reduces hallucination in ...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — ChatGPT should feel "smarter and more accurate" starting today, according to OpenAI. That's because the company is replacing the default model with an update called GPT-5.5 Instant. OpenAI ...
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/05/gpt-5-5-instant-makes-chatgpt…
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web search NEUTRAL — GPT-5.5 Instant updates ChatGPT's default model with smarter, more accurate answers, reduced hallucinations, and improved personalization controls.
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-5-instant/
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“Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) put $500 [million]... Bet On Fiber Optics”
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Bloomberg and other financial news sources confirm Nvidia invested $500 million in fiber-optic maker Corning Inc.
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web search NEUTRAL — On Wednesday, Nvidia announced an investment of $500 million in fiber-optics firm CorningGLW $187.75 (12.00%) to accelerate its manufacturing capacity. Paige Oamek4h.
https://sherwood.news/markets/corning-spikes-after-nvidia-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corp. bought $500 million worth of rights for shares in the fiber-optic cable maker Corning Inc. as part of a broader partnership between the two companies aimed at expanding artificial intelli…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/nvidia-bu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Get 3 Free Stock Ebooks. TLDRs; Nvidia invests $500M in Corning as AI fiber demand surges globally. Corning expands U.S. fiber capacity and builds new manufacturing complexes. Deal strengthens optical…
https://parameter.io/nvidia-nvda-invests-500m-in-corning-as-…
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