Sam Altman has talked with SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son about investments dating back to 2017, when he flew to Tokyo to discuss a SoftBank investment in Y Combinator. A look at their latest partnership with ⁦⁦@eliotwb⁩ ⁦@berber_jin1⁩

Zuckerberg is siding with Musk against Altman: Meta is asking California AG to block OpenAI’s planned conversion to a for-profit company. w/@jtoonkel @MeghanBobrowsky via @WSJ

Elon Musk pushed for OpenAI to become a for-profit company that he would control before leaving its board amid a power struggle in 2018, according to internal company communications w/@dseetharaman via @WSJ

Bible sales are up 22% this year in an otherwise flat book market, reports @JeffreyT1 via @WSJ

Even after Elon Musk sued Sam Altman earlier this year, the OpenAI co-founders were able to hug it out by a fire pit in Big Sky. But that was before Musk became “First Buddy.” w/ @EmilyGlazer @DanaMattioli via @WSJ

If you, like me, have ever wondered, “Why can our species send people to the moon, yet I cannot send my child to school with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?” here’s your answer:

RT @POTUS: After enduring unimaginable suffering and uncertainty, the Americans detained in Russia are safe, free, and have begun their jou…

Our colleague Evan Gershkovich is free! Immense gratitude to our country, our company and Evan's family for never giving up. via @WSJ

The holdings that Sam Altman controls beyond OpenAI (where he has no equity) are worth at least $2.8 billion. A look at the sprawling empire of one of Silicon Valley's most prolific and aggressive investors w/ @berber_jin1 @cityofthetown via @WSJ

@lindavivah Congratulations, Linda! She is gorgeous.

Ever since Sam Altman met Elon Musk via an intro by YC partner Geoff Ralston, Altman considered Musk a “hero.” How that relationship unraveled, w/ @berber_jin1 @dseetharaman via @WSJ

I got to relive my Williamsburg youth and team up with my Midtown deskmate @alexbruell (always a "Do") on the latest edition of The Journal podcast

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with the UAE and others to raise money for an expansion of the global chips, energy and data center biz that could cost as much as $5-7 trillion. W/ ⁦@asafitch⁩

Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview is likely to be posted Thursday, per sources.

RT @thesimonetti: Scoop w/@JBFlint: Fox Corp., ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery are creating a joint streaming platform to share sports asse…

David Smith might not read the Baltimore Sun much, but he's been trying to buy it for more than two years. w/ @JeffreyT1 via @WSJ

New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Infringement by ⁦@alexbruell⁩

Sam Altman’s firing and return as CEO of OpenAI followed a pattern through three organizations he’s directed: A crisis of confidence among top leaders followed by a rebound to greater heights. w/ @dseetharaman @berber_jin1 @kate_linebaugh via @WSJ

Google's embrace of AI in its core search product is terrifying news publishers, with estimates that they could lose up to 40% of Google-generated web traffic. w/@alexbruell @MilesKruppa via @WSJ

Microsoft will get a board observer role at OpenAI, ⁦@dseetharaman⁩ reports