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Our reporter Michelle Kim, who also happens to be a lawyer, has been in court each day, and has broken down the first week\u2019s key moments in her latest report. In a new Q&A, she also reveals what it was like in the room, the new details that have emerged about how Musk and OpenAI operate\u2014and what we can expect from this week\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n
Find out what she\u2019s discovered so far, and if you want to keep up with MIT Technology Review\u2019s ongoing coverage of the Musk v. Altman trial, follow @techreview or @michelletomkim on X.<\/p>\n
\u2014James O’Donnell<\/em><\/p>\n This <\/strong>story<\/strong> is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter giving you the inside track on all things AI. <\/strong>Sign up<\/strong> to receive it in your inbox every Monday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Andrew Sorota & Josh Hendler<\/em> lead work on AI and democracy at the Office of Eric Schmidt.<\/em><\/p>\n Faster than many realize, AI is becoming the primary interface through which we form beliefs and participate in democratic self-governance. This shift could further strain already fragile institutions, but it could also help address problems like polarization and declining civic engagement.<\/p>\n What happens next depends on design choices that are already being made, whether we know it or not. Here\u2019s how we can harness AI to strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n Large language models can already assist scientists in all sorts of ways, from writing code to searching through literature and drafting articles. But companies and labs have a much more ambitious vision. They want to build AI systems that can act as a full member of a scientific team\u2014and even conduct entire research projects.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n #Download #Musk #Altman #trial #democracy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our reporter Michelle Kim, who also happens to be a lawyer, has been in court…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6205,7838,488,803,4212,7837,977],"class_list":["post-9144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-altman","tag-and-ai-for-democracy","tag-democracy","tag-download","tag-musk","tag-the-download-inside-the-musk-v-altman-trial","tag-trial"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2.jpg",1200,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2.jpg",1200,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2.jpg",1200,600,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260504_algo2-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Artificial scientists: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now<\/strong><\/h3>\n