Weekly Tech Recap: Elon Musk postpones India visit, YouTube tightens its grip on ad-blockers and more
Weekly Tech Recap: A lot of events shook up the world of technology this week from Elon Musk cancelling his high-voltage visit to India to Google tightening its stance on ad-blockers and Apple removing WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China. Here's a roundup of all the latest happenings in the world of technology this week.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was reported to be visiting India for a two-day visit from April 21-22 and the billionaire had also confirmed that he would meet PM Modi during his stay in the country. However, just days ahead of the expected arrival, Musk had to cancel the visit owing to ‘very heavy Tesla obligations’.
Informing about the delay in a post on X (formerly Twitter), Musk said, “Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the visit to India be delayed, but I do very much look forward to visiting later this year." Click here to read the full report OpenAI has countered Elon Musk's claims that the ChatGPT parent company abandoned its altruistic pursuits in favour of a profit-seeking approach and called the remarks as ‘revisionist history’ in a recent court filing. Responding to Musk's claims and asking for the suit against it to be dismissed, OpenAI said, “Years ago, plaintiff Elon Musk abandoned OpenAI when his bid to dominate the venture failed…Now that he has launched a competing artificial intelligence company, Musk seeks to leverage the success OpenAI has achieved and to direct OpenAI’s affairs for his own commercial benefit." Notably, Musk along with a few others had helped found the AI startup before eventually quitting the company in 2018.
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