# #212: Musk v. OpenAI Trial Begins, OpenAI-Microsoft Partnership, Big Tech Earnings & Anthropic Eyes $900B Valuation

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Podcast: [The Artificial Intelligence Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-artificial-intelligence-show-3513332)
Published: 2026-05-05T09:00:00+00:00
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Elon Musk's federal trial against OpenAI opened this week, and he admitted under oath that xAI distills OpenAI's models. That's just where Episode 212 starts. Paul and Mike cover the full story: the Musk-OpenAI trial and its implications for every company built on ChatGPT, the abrupt rewrite of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership and the removal of the AGI clause, blockbuster Big Tech earnings (Google Cloud up 63%, Azure AI at $37B run rate), an AI agent that wiped a startup's entire production database in nine seconds, Anthropic eyeing a $900B valuation, a real and growing populist AI backlash, and a powerful segment on former Senator Ben Sasse's terminal cancer diagnosis and what his parting words on AI and Congress mean right now. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here AI-Pulse Survey: Fill out this week’s AI-Pulse Survey here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:04:45 — Elon Musk vs. OpenAI Trial Begins 00:14:49 — OpenAI and Microsoft Revise Their Partnership 00:30:33 — Big Tech Earnings 00:39:39 — Anthropic Eyes $900B Valuation 00:43:53 — Trump's Anthropic Reversal and Mythos Fight 00:52:48 — Agents Gone Wrong 00:56:47 — Myths We Tell Ourselves About AI and Jobs 01:06:15 — Why Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke Says “Saying The Thing Matters” 01:11:20 — AI's Public Backlash Problem 01:15:16 — AI Use Case Spotlight 01:22:59 — AI Academy Spotlight 01:25:58 — Ben Sasse's Parting Words on AI 01:31:56 — AI Product and Funding Updates This episode is brought to you by AI Academy by SmarterX. AI Academy is your gateway to personalized AI learning for professionals and teams. Discover our new on-demand courses, live classes, certifications, and a smarter way to master AI. Learn more here. Visit our website Receive our weekly newsletter Join our community: Slack Community Link…

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