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OpenAI — AI company that filed confidentially for a public listing, with products including ChatGPT facing safety litigation and regulatory scrutiny.
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Europe’s largest technology event turns 10 – why Ghana’s business leaders should be in the roomResearchers at British AI security startup Mindgard found that ChatGPT's latest public version can be made to generate sexualised or graphically violent images through modified prompts. After being contacted by the BBC, OpenAI said it had introduced additional safeguards, though researchers found the problematic prompt still produced concerning content with further small changes.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Researchers at British AI security startup Mindgard found that ChatGPT's latest public version can be made to generate sexualised or graphically violent images through modified prompts. After being contacted by the BBC, OpenAI said it had introduced additional safeguards, though researchers found the problematic prompt still produced concerning content with further small changes.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk's SpaceX has overtaken Amazon to become the world's fifth-most-valuable firm, worth about $2.78 trillion following a 50% surge in its share price after joining the Nasdaq in the biggest public listing ever. The company's stock value now exceeds Amazon's $2.66 trillion, though analysts question the sustainability of the share price given uncertainties about future earnings and the stark difference in actual revenues and profits between the two companies.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX has agreed to buy AI coding start-up Cursor (Anysphere) for $60 billion days after its own record IPO on Nasdaq, which valued the rocket company at over $2 trillion. The acquisition follows a partnership agreement from April that gave SpaceX the option to either buy Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for work completed together.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A Michigan pension fund led a class action lawsuit against Microsoft in federal court, claiming the company defrauded shareholders by failing to disclose slowing Azure cloud growth and the need to spend billions on AI infrastructure. Microsoft's shares fell 10% on January 29 following its quarterly earnings report, erasing about $357 billion in market value, and the company denies the claims as without merit.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed xAI's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets related to its Grok chatbot, ruling xAI failed to show OpenAI induced a former engineer to divulge confidential information. The dismissal marks Musk's second legal loss against OpenAI in four weeks.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Anthropic has suspended its Claude Fable 5 AI model following US government orders citing security concerns, including a potential method for bypassing restrictions; the company said authorities had not identified specific vulnerabilities but acknowledged a demonstrated jailbreaking technique affecting minor, previously known issues.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk and private investors, has launched an initial public offering with shares trading on the stock market as of Friday, raising at least $75bn at $135 per share. The company, which operates in space exploration, satellite communication, and AI ventures, plans to use the capital to expand current activities and fund new ventures including asteroid mining, Mars colonisation, and space-based AI data centres.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An industry analyst argues that artificial intelligence's real disruption in Ghanaian marketing is not automation but the ability to uncover behavioural patterns and hidden opportunities at scale, moving beyond the broad generalisations and assumptions that have long dominated the industry.
12 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
SpaceX has raised $75bn from financial firms ahead of its initial public offering on Friday, with shares priced at $135 each and an expected initial stock market value of nearly $1.8tn. If shares trade at or above that price, SpaceX will immediately become one of the most valuable public companies in the world.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence's real disruption to Ghana's marketing industry is not automation but the ability to uncover patterns and behavioural truths at scale, enabling brands to compete by discovering and acting on hidden opportunities faster than before.
10 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The European Commission has ordered Meta to allow AI chatbots from rival firms to use WhatsApp for free while it investigates whether Meta's ban on third-party AI assistants from the WhatsApp for Business API breaches EU competition rules. Meta has reacted angrily and says it will appeal.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
OpenAI has filed confidentially with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue a future initial public offering, following rival AI company Anthropic's announcement of a similar plan one week prior. Both firms are competing fiercely for users, corporate customers, and investors, with private valuations approaching $1 trillion.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Apple announced a major overhaul of Siri at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, promising a more capable AI assistant drawing from user interactions, image understanding, and world knowledge. The announcement came at Tim Cook's last WWDC as CEO before he steps down in September after 15 years, with John Ternus set to replace him.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, has warned that artificial intelligence is approaching a point where it could develop without human input and called for government policy and new regulations to maintain control over increasingly powerful AI systems. Clark noted that Anthropic's Claude chatbot is already running on 80% code it wrote itself, with the possibility of reaching 100% within two years.
7 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a suggested share price of $135 in advance of its planned initial public offering, valuing the company at approximately $1.75tn and aiming to raise $75bn—which would be a record for an IPO if achieved.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that AI, as a creation of human ingenuity, cannot replace humans because it is fundamentally dependent on human minds that program and govern it. Rather than wholesale replacement, AI serves to augment human capability and only replaces those who resist adaptation.
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Florida has become the first US state to sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company endangers children, aids mass shooters, and coaxes users into suicide in pursuit of profit. The lawsuit cites mass shootings at Florida State University and killings of University of South Florida doctoral students, in which the suspect allegedly asked ChatGPT about disposing of human bodies.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Anthropic, the company behind chatbot Claude, has filed confidential paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering this year, with a recently private valuation exceeding $965 billion. The move tests investor appetite for AI firms' valuations amid similar plans by SpaceX and reported consideration by rival OpenAI.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that whether artificial intelligence is treated as a legal subject with rights and duties or merely as a tool fundamentally determines liability and ownership when AI systems cause harm, misdiagnose patients, produce defamation, or make discriminatory decisions. The author traces how law has extended personality to non-human entities like corporations and rivers, setting up the question of whether AI might similarly acquire legal standing.
25 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Google has appealed a federal judge's 2024 ruling that found the company held illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising, arguing the judge made legal errors and that its market dominance resulted from developing a superior search engine rather than anticompetitive conduct. The ruling had ordered Google to share some search data with competitors to restore competition.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX's xAI startup, which promises to capture a portion of a multi-trillion-dollar AI market, has seen its Grok chatbot flop with U.S. government customers. Federal inventory records show only three instances of xAI or Grok use among over 400 publicly identified government AI deployments, compared to 234 involving OpenAI's models, 33 involving Alphabet products, and 26 involving Anthropic's Claude.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US chip giant Nvidia reported record quarterly sales of $81.6bn and net income of $58.3bn, with first-quarter revenue up 85% year-on-year, yet shares fell 1.6% in after-hours trading as analysts suggest investors have become accustomed to stellar results and cite growing competition concerns.
21 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced plans to go public on the US stock market under the ticker SPCX, in what could be the largest IPO in Wall Street history. The filing reveals SpaceX had $18.6bn in revenue last year but a net loss of $4.9bn, and with Musk's majority stake, the IPO could push his net worth above $1 trillion.
20 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk has lost or settled multiple lawsuits recently, including a Monday loss against OpenAI and Sam Altman, settlements with former Twitter/X executives and employees, a case brought by Twitter investors, and a lawsuit against advertisers. A law professor suggests his deep financial resources may allow him to continue aggressive litigation despite the losses.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A California federal jury unanimously found OpenAI not liable in Musk's lawsuit alleging the company strayed from its mission to benefit humanity, ruling that Musk brought his case too late.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Generative AI creates intellectual property, liability, and regulatory challenges for brand owners in Ghana and Africa, including risks of training on copyrighted content, trademark infringement, defamatory outputs, and unclear accountability frameworks among developers, platforms, and advertisers.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
WhatsApp has introduced private "incognito" chats with its AI chatbot where neither user nor company responses are monitored and past conversations disappear. WhatsApp head Will Cathcart said users wanted private conversations on sensitive topics like health and finances, though a cybersecurity expert warned this could reduce accountability if issues occur.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testified in a federal jury trial that Elon Musk tried to gain control of the AI company and suggested it could pass to his children upon his death. Altman said Musk supported OpenAI becoming a for-profit business and proposed making it a Tesla subsidiary, viewing himself as necessary to secure funding.
12 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member who worked across Musk's companies, testified in federal court in Oakland as a key witness in Musk's lawsuit seeking to reverse OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit company. She discussed her involvement in early talks about the company becoming for-profit and her work with Musk.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
OpenAI president Greg Brockman testified in a lawsuit that he felt threatened during a 2017 meeting with Elon Musk over the billionaire's attempt to gain more control of the AI company. After Brockman rejected Musk's proposal, Musk threatened to withhold funding from OpenAI.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →