Not the “io” drama 💀

What we’ll cover today:

🧑‍⚖️ OpenAI gets sued… over a name

🧠 Elon’s Grok now edits spreadsheets?!

💸 $100M dropped for “ethical” AI

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OpenAI vs. iyO – Trouble Over a Name 🧑‍⚖️

OpenAI and Apple legend Jony Ive are in a $6.5B deal, but a company called iyO just caused a little chaos.

🚨 Breaking News:
A court said “stop the press!” after iyO filed a trademark complaint over the name “io,” pausing OpenAI’s video promo.

⚡ Wire Simplified:

• OpenAI took down a promo video about their deal with Jony Ive

• The issue? A trademark fight over the name “io”

• A judge hit pause, and OpenAI had to pull anything with that name

• The deal itself? Still on. Just the name is under fire

• The video is gone from YouTube but still floating around on X

✔️ Straight to the Point:
No, the $6.5B deal isn’t dead. Just some name drama with a company that got to the trademark first

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Elon’s Grok Might Soon Edit Your Excel Sheets 🧾

xAI (Elon Musk’s AI company) may be building a smart file editor into Grok to rival Google and Microsoft tools.

🚨 Breaking News:
Leaked code suggests Grok might soon help edit spreadsheets, basically becoming your chatty, nerdy office buddy.

⚡ Wire Simplified:

• A leak shows Grok could edit spreadsheets while you chat with it

• It’s part of xAI’s plan to build smarter work tools

• Grok Studio already helps make code, docs, and games

• Unlike Google’s Gemini, Grok might work beyond just one ecosystem

• Elon wants Grok to power an “everything app” with files, chat, money, all-in-one

✔️ Straight to the Point:
xAI’s Grok could soon become your AI assistant at work. Goodbye boring spreadsheets, hello smart office sidekick

$100M AI Fund Says: Let’s Do Good, Not Just Get Rich 💸

Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, just pledged $100M to support AI research that helps people.

🚨 Breaking News:
He launched the Laude Institute, a nonprofit-ish fund to support honest AI research (yes, those still exist).

⚡ Wire Simplified:

• Laude will give grants to researchers, not just build stuff

• First project: a $3M/year AI Systems Lab at UC Berkeley

• Big names like Jeff Dean (Google) and Joelle Pineau (Meta) are onboard

• It’s split into “Slingshots” (small) and “Moonshots” (big like healthcare AI)

• Konwinski made money from Databricks and Perplexity, now he’s giving back

✔️ Straight to the Point:
This isn’t just another flashy AI startup. Konwinski’s betting big on long-term research that actually helps humanity

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