It's Almost Time For 'Elon Musk v. Sam Altman.' Expect the Unexpected. A recent flurry of filings reveal chummy messages between Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as strategizing between Musk and his maybe-partner Shivon Zilis.

Read the full story by @alexshultz.bsky.social on Hard Reset. www.hardresetmedia.com/p/its-almost...

4. And between billionaires:

Zuckerberg: I’ve got our teams on alert to take down content doxxing or threatening [DOGE]. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help.

Musk: Are you open to the idea of bidding on the OpenAI IP with me and some others?

3. This exchange between the couple:

Zilis: Do you prefer I stay close and friendly to OpenAI to keep info flowing or begin to disassociate? Trust game is about to get tricky...

Musk: Close and friendly, but we are going to actively try to move three or four people from OpenAI to Tesla.

Attorney: And when did you first have a romantic relationship with Elon Musk?

Zilis: I don’t know that I agree with the term “relationship.”

2. This exchange with Shivon Zilis, former OpenAI board member and the mother of four of Musk’s children:

Attorney: Have you ever been in a romantic relationship with Elon Musk?

Zilis: “Relationship” is a relative term. But there have been romantic moments.

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1. OpenAI is NOT allowed to ask about Elon Musk's ketamine use.

Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman is tentatively scheduled to go to jury trial later this month. Here's some highlights from the deposition, a 🧵:

The Coldest Cold Email: Oracle’s 30,000-Person Layoff Is a Preview of What’s to Come A 6 a.m. message signed “Oracle Leadership” just ended tens of thousands of careers. Here’s what it means — and what to do if you’re next.

The 30,000-person Oracle layoffs reportedly included an employee of 40 years.

@byjacobward.bsky.social examines the implications for the tech world... and what to do if the layoffs hit you next. Read the whole story:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-coldes...

We’re building a media company for the people in and around the tech industry who don’t want to get interviewed on TBPN, nor would they get invited because they’re going to be honest about the industry, not hype it.

In light of the news that OpenAI is acquiring TBPN and pledging "editorial independence," here are a few snippets of a TBPN interview from October '25, when the TBPN hosts fawned over Sora to Sam Altman and Bill Peebles

openai.com/index/openai...

OpenAI acquires TBPN OpenAI acquires TBPN to accelerate global conversations around AI and support independent media, expanding dialogue with builders, businesses, and the broader tech community.

Aha, see, these guys were actually AI avatars...

openai.com/index/openai...

"The company is making a breathtakingly expensive investment in AI infrastructure, having taken on $58 billion in new debt recently, pushing total debt over $100 billion... Oracle has the money to pay people. It just decided to spend it on data centers."

The Coldest Cold Email: Oracle’s 30,000-Person Layoff Is a Preview of What’s to Come A 6 a.m. message signed “Oracle Leadership” just ended tens of thousands of careers. Here’s what it means — and what to do if you’re next.

This is insane...someone who worked at #Oracle for FORTY YEARS was laid off via a cold email at 6am simply from "Oracle Leadership" with no name attached:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-coldes...

SpaceX Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O.

would be curious if any enterprising politicians are preparing some messaging (or god forbid a policy proposal) to address "trillionaire Elon Musk," given that he will very possibly surpass that net worth this summer, depending on how a few things shake out

The Coldest Cold Email: Oracle’s 30,000-Person Layoff Is a Preview of What’s to Come A 6 a.m. message signed “Oracle Leadership” just ended tens of thousands of careers. Here’s what it means — and what to do if you’re next.

The 30,000-person Oracle layoffs reportedly included an employee of 40 years.

@byjacobward.bsky.social examines the implications for the tech world... and what to do if the layoffs hit you next. Read the whole story:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-coldes...

Introducing the Inaugural Hard Reset Creator Fellows Cohort At Hard Reset, we believe the people closest to the realities of work belong at the center of conversations about labor, technology, and power

We believe the people closest to the realities of work belong at the center of conversations about labor, tech, and power.

Meet the @hardresetmedia.com Creator Fellows who clock in every day and tell stories from *inside* their industries about the future of labor and power.

tinyurl.com/3kfk62pw

We heard A.I. was coming for writing. We didn’t know that writers or journalists would accept it. Between AI-assisted pieces of journalism and AI-generated novels, some writers aren’t even trying to hide their use of AI. What does it mean for creativity, journalism, and the publishing industry?

You've probably heard about the New York Times cutting ties with a freelancer over an AI-assisted review.

With more writers using AI as a tool, a reckoning is coming for the journalism and publishing industries.

@aristeinhorn.bsky.social reflects: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/we-heard-a...

Your Boss's Algorithm is Watching. California Wants to Make It Look Away. From American warehouses to Chinese factory floors, AI is already tracking workers' every move. California lawmakers are working to stop it.

@byjacobward.bsky.social looked at the legislation aiming to protect workers from AI surveillance. Read his analysis on Hard Reset:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/your-bosss...

"SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act of 2026, would bar employers from relying solely on automated decision-making systems to fire or discipline workers, and would require human oversight and independent verification when those systems assist in termination decisions."

"A 2025 report from the National Employment Law Project found that workers experiencing intensive monitoring report not just a higher likelihood of injury, but more serious injuries... because people push past physical limits to avoid triggering an automated flag."

"Inside an Amazon fulfillment center in Beaumont, California, a worker named Amari told a reporter that he spends 42 hours a week under surveillance... He was being watched by a machine — one that logs his movements, flags his errors, and can initiate discipline."

OpenAI Killed Off Sora Without a Real Plan A handful of months ago, Sam Altman and Sora evangelists were singing the video generation app's praises. Why should anyone believe OpenAI's latest pivot?

So... we probably shouldn't believe the claims OpenAI is making.

The whole story from @alexshultz.bsky.social: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/openai-kil...

But since then:
- The celebrities have dipped
- The Disney agreement imploded
- Sora is shutting down

And now:
- OpenAI is claiming to take a more practical path
- They've named a "CEO of AGI deployment"

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In late 2025:
- Celebrities flocked to Sora
- Disney struck a licensing agreement with OpenAI and pledged $1 billion
- Sam Altman and Bill Peebles made big predictions on several podcasts, including "building the multiverse"

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OpenAI Killed Off Sora Without a Real Plan A handful of months ago, Sam Altman and Sora evangelists were singing the video generation app's praises. Why should anyone believe OpenAI's latest pivot?

Sam Altman and Bill Peebles made it seem like Sora was the Next Big Thing. But just four months after signing a licensing agreement with Disney, the video generation platform collapsed.

So why should we believe OpenAI excuses? From @alexshultz.bsky.social:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/openai-kil...

New Court Filings Show How Google and Snapchat Infiltrated Schools and Bedtime Routines “Solving kids is a massive opportunity,” reads an internal document from YouTube.

A jury found Meta and Google liable for social media addiction today.

It's not surprising. Internal documents show they thought that "solving kids is a massive opportunity."

From Hard Reset: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/new-court-...

Separating a Leader from a Labor Movement Cesar Chavez uplifted farmworkers. He also, according to a report in the New York Times, abused women and young girls. How can the labor community hold uncomfortable truths together?

In the wake of the Cesar Chavez allegations, these are some questions the labor movement has to reckon with. Read the full article on Hard Reset:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/separating...

"How can a person who purports to care so much about the dignity of others abuse their power? Could all of this have been prevented?"

"When should a person’s individual needs and safety be cast aside to bolster the reputation of a movement? Is charisma critical to galvanizing people, even when that charisma has a dark shadow to it?"

Separating a leader from a labor movement Cesar Chavez uplifted farmworkers. He also, according to a report in the New York Times, abused women and young girls. How can the labor community hold uncomfortable truths together?

"Movements and organizations, however well-intentioned, are at the mercy of the fallible people at the helm who can succumb to the worst impulses of human nature."

A week out from the rape allegations against Cesar Chavez, @aristeinhorn.bsky.social reflects:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/separating...