A Daughter’s 25-Year Journey to Heal a Broken Radio—and Grieve Her Father ^8.1%

KQED - By Rachael Myrow - 6/20/2026, 11:17 PM

Biased Writer Voice 21.6% - Negativity Bias 14.5% - Halo Effect 10.2%

Not long after my dad’s death in January of 1999, I was tasked with the inventorying and selling of his vast and varied collection of audio equipment. While in a state of shock — he was only 59, I was only 29 — I surveyed his former audio domain: a garage studio that still smelled of his cigars. It was the age of synthesizers, and a huge... more

Meta’s Whistleblower Was Silent Onstage. But Her Tell-All Keeps Selling ^35.9%

KQED - By Rachael Myrow - 6/1/2026, 11:12 PM

Negativity Bias 39.6% - Appeal to Authority 19.8% - Halo Effect 12.6%

Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sat in silence onstage at an event after lawyers advised her not to speak because of legal action brought by Meta. At the Hay Festival, an annual literature and arts event in the United Kingdom, Wynn-Williams was silent for an hour as she sat between investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr... more

Lawyers for Elon Musk and Sam Altman Make Their Final Case in OpenAI Trial ^61.8%

KQED - By Katie DeBenedetti, Rachael Myrow - 5/15/2026, 12:31 AM

Confirmation Bias 20.3% - Framing Effect 19% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.3%

Whether OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other executives betrayed their commitment to building a safe, open-source artificial intelligence, slighting billionaire Elon Musk in the process, will be decided by an Oakland jury and judge. For weeks, the tech executives have sparred in federal court over whether the startup, first proposed by Altman... more

Sam Altman Defends Himself From Elon Musk’s Accusations in OpenAI Trial ^62.5%

KQED - By Katie DeBenedetti, Rachael Myrow - 5/12/2026, 11:41 PM

Self-Serving Bias 23.2% - Negativity Bias 16.8% - Framing Effect 15.6%

On the stand on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that Elon Musk tried to wrest control over the company they co-founded before the Tesla CEO’s 2018 exit. Altman’s testimony in the federal trial in Oakland, which many see as a billionaire grudge match, pushed back on Musk’s claim that the powerful AI start-up betrayed its mission to... more

Former OpenAI Exec Calls Decision to Remove Sam Altman a ‘Hail Mary’ During Musk Trial ^26.2%

KQED - By Katie DeBenedetti, Rachael Myrow - 5/12/2026, 12:35 AM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 12.7% - Appeal to Emotion 12.6% - Confirmation Bias 10.2%

Microsoft’s CEO and another major player took the stand Monday in Oakland, testifying in the blockbuster trial between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Ahead of Altman’s testimony, Musk’s attorney Steven Molo questioned Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Ilya Sutskever, a top OpenAI computer scientist who departed the company in... more

Inside Elon Musk and Sam Altman's Battle Over OpenAI ^59.8%

KQED - By Ericka Cruz Guevarra, Rachael Myrow, Alan Montecillo, Jessica Kariisa - 5/6/2026, 10:00 AM

Jurors and journalists are getting a peak behind the world of OpenAI and its founding as two of the richest, most powerful men in tech duke it out in an Oakland federal courthouse. At issue is whether Sam Altman and other co-founders of OpenAI abandoned their founding promise to develop AI for the benefit of humanity. But does anyone... more

Elon Musk Takes Aim at OpenAI as Trial Begins: ‘It’s Not OK to Steal a Charity’ ^16.4%

KQED - By Katie DeBenedetti, Rachael Myrow - 4/29/2026, 12:06 AM

Appeal to Authority 13.3% - Self-Serving Bias 11% - Confirmation Bias 9.9%

In a federal courtroom in Oakland on Tuesday, attorneys for tech elites Sam Altman and Elon Musk set the stage for a landmark case to determine whether OpenAI, one of the most powerful artificial intelligence companies in the world, was founded on a lie. At issue is whether the company’s stated mission — to lead AI development to benefit... more