Gen Z hate AI? The Musk vs Altman trial heats up, OpenAI phone rumors buzz
and more of the weeks most surprising developments

Date:
Mon, 04 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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This week, AI is all about Elon Musk's ongoing feud with OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter This week all eyes are on Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It's the culmination of a feud that's raged for years, mostly playing out online until now, and it's likely to have huge repercussions for not only the future of OpenAI, but the future of the AI industry as a whole. So far, the courtroom details have already
been extraordinary and not always in ways that flatter.

Alongside the trial, several other big AI news stories caught my attention this week. Lots, as always, involving OpenAI from news that the company may soon launch a phone to the discovery that a coding model was told not to reference goblins or mythical creatures. The TechRadar team also covered some great hands-on experiments this week. From asking ChatGPT to build a schedule around the best lesson from 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' to putting ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Google s Nano Banana 2 head-to-head, which do you think came out on top? Article continues below You may like Want the latest AI news? Here are the biggest stories from the past week Want the latest AI news? Here are the biggest stories from the past week Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off over AIs real danger

As always, Ive pulled together the top stories you need to know below. Think you were paying attention to my round up of the latest AI news from last week ? Take the quiz below to find out. Were you paying attention last week? Take my AI news quiz The top AI headlines from the past week Welcome to ICYMI AI, your weekly round-up of the most important developments in artificial intelligence. Here are the biggest AI stories from last week and why they matter. Musk vs Altman trial is the biggest drama in AI (Image credit: Shutterstock/Algi Febri Sugita) Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and the companys co-founder Greg Brockman for a huge $130 billion. Hes arguing that they betrayed the company's original plan to be a non-profit. However, his motivations are complicated by the fact that he runs his own AI company, xAI. There's more to this trial beyond the drama, though.

At its core, this trial really feels like a test of whether AI companies can ever stick to a mission, especially remaining a non-profit, once money, compute and competition scale up to dizzying levels. If Musk wins, OpenAI could face a very messy restructuring thatll impact leadership, funding and product development. If he loses, itll reinforce that building the latest AI tech may always pull companies toward commercial priorities, no matter how they started out. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Either way, it puts a lot of pressure on external regulation to fill the gap that good intentions alone can't close. Read more: This is a real risk, we
all could die as a result of artificial intelligence the OpenAI trial took a dramatic turn as Elon Musk and Sam Altman faced off over AIs real-world
danger Read more: Letting OpenAI win risks 'losing every charity in America' Elon Musk says in court, as his lawsuit hearing begins OpenAI might be building an AI-packed phone (Image credit: Getty Images / VCG / OpenAI) Reports emerged this week that OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, may be building a smartphone. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that the device is in development with MediaTek and Qualcomm working on a custom chip and Luxshare handling manufacturing. Speculation is that mass production is targeted for 2028. However, OpenAI hasn't commented.

It looks like the concept behind this OpenAI phone will replace apps with AI agents, maintaining context and completing tasks on your behalf similar to Googles plans to turn AI into a layer over everything that we reported on
last week. What to read next Want the latest AI news? Here are the biggest stories from the past week Musk vs Altman trial could change AI for everyone Someone used ChatGPT to make a custom mRNA vaccine for his dog's cancer Sam Altman

But think about the broader implications, if OpenAI controls the hardware, it means itll bypass big tech players like Apple and Google entirely. As we said last week, how you feel about OpenAI increasingly trying to build an
ecosystem rather than just be a chatbot depends on how much you trust OpenAI. Read more: OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps Are young people already sick of AI? (Image credit: Getty Images / Mininyx
Doodle) A new report from The Verge thats certainly ruffled a few feathers this week finds that the more young people use AI, the less they like it. According to the report, despite being among the biggest adopters of chatbot tools, Gen Z workers and students are increasingly resentful of what many describe as an AI-centric future being forced on them with some actively choosing career paths where they'll never have to use it.

This matters because for the past year, the dominant story has been adoption, especially among young people who Ive seen described as "AI natives" many times. But this is one of several clear signs of friction in recent weeks. If the people expected to build, use and normalize AI long-term are already losing trust, it complicates the idea that the technology will just slot smoothly into everyday life. Read more: The more young people use AI the more they hate it More AI news you might've missed Chinas power grid will soon be run by an army of humanoid robots : According to the South China Morning
Post, the Chinese government plans to put thousands of robots to work on the nations infrastructure. Its interesting to see what large-scale AI deployment may look like and highlights how China is leaning into rapid, state-backed rollout of AI compared to the US. OpenAI tells its latest model to stop talking about goblins: In one of the more light-hearted stories of the week, Wired reports that OpenAI really wants its coding agent to never talk about goblins, gremlins or other animals or creatures. It looks like past
iterations of the model assumed bugs meant mythical creatures and thats why OpenAI had to spell things out in new instructions. We compared ChatGPT
Images 2.0 and Googles Nano Banana 2 : We used real-world prompts, but which AI image generator do you think came out on top? Youll have to click through to find out, but we were fascinated to find out that although both models
were similar, one excelled when it came to realism. I tried using ChatGPT to follow The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People step by step: TechRadars AI editor Graham used ChatGPT to break down a classic self-help system into a structured plan. The results were surprising and prove ChatGPT can really excel as a self development partner. OpenAI hit with lawsuits over failure to report school shooter: We saw this one coming last week. According to
reports, OpenAIs moderation tools flagged Jesse Van Rootselaars ChatGPT account for discussions of violence. But after much debate, OpenAI didnt report her to local law enforcement and instead deactivated her account. Now several families are suing OpenAI for not taking action sooner. The Pentagon now has a deal with seven AI companies : Companies like OpenAI, Google,
Nvidia and several others have now agreed to any lawful use of their tech by the US military. Anthropic wasnt included. This deal raises all sorts of questions about where the boundaries are, and who decides how these systems are used. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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