The tech gods are battling it out in the rarefied altitudes of the fabricated brain-game giving Zeus a run for his money in the hubris stakes.
The bitter rivalry between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI heads to trial in California. The case will feature some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and its outcome could affect the course of the AI boom. Musk alleges that Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, broke the company’s founding agreement by restructuring the company and converting much of it to a for-profit enterprise. Altman and OpenAI counter that Musk is essentially a sore loser.
The case also carries sizable stakes for OpenAI, which is expected to go public later this year at about a $1tn valuation.
Altman, 22 April 1985 5am Chicago, Illinois, is an ultra-determined Sun Taurus (trine Neptune) opposition Pluto; with an even more rigorous, hard-ass Mars Moon in Taurus opposition Saturn in Scorpio. Birth time being accurate, he has his Solar Arc Midheaven squaring his Mars opposition Saturn now and in 2027 which hints at a considerable setback.
Musk, 28 June 1971 7.30 am Pretoria, South Africa, however does not look like racing off to wave the victor’s wreath, Tr Uranus will rattle his Neptune opposition Saturn from now into 2027 for jolts, jangles and panics; in 2027 as well tr Neptune moves to an undermining square to his Cancer Sun; with a grind-to-a-halt and spit-teeth frustration in late 2027/28 as his Solar Arc Pluto squares his Mars.
Elsewhere Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir has issued a manifesto championing US military dominance and of AI weapons, implying some cultures are inferior to others, described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain.’ The post exhorted the US to reinstate a military draft, saying that “free and democratic societies” need “hard power” in order to prevail. It also predicted a future dominated by autonomous weapons.
This is the latest pronouncement from Karp, which appear to indicate he views himself as not simply the head of a software company, but a pundit with important insights into the future of civilisation. In an interview with CNBC in early March, he suggested that AI would “disrupt” the power of “highly educated, often female voters who vote mostly Democrat”, and instead empower “vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters”.
It led to criticism from several MPs, who said that it raised yet more questions about the UK’s contracts with the company, including a £330m contract with the NHS, and deals with the police and Ministry of Defence.
“Palantir’s manifesto, which embraces AI state surveillance of citizens along with national service in the USA, is either a parody of a RoboCop film, or a disturbing narcissistic rant from an arrogant organisation,” said Martin Wrigley, a Liberal Democrat MP who is a member of the commons science and technology select committee.
Karp, 2 October 1967 New York, has a Libra Sun opposition Saturn in Aries with the innovative Uranus Pluto (Moon) conjunction in Virgo square Mars – again super-determined and ruthless. Plus a flamboyant Jupiter in Leo in a high-finance, over-optimistic square to Neptune. The ground will turn swampy under his feet from 2028 onwards with tr Neptune conjunct his Saturn and opposition his Sun with a devastating/confused 2029 as his SA Pluto is conjunct his Neptune.
Along the same timeline, Palantir, 6 May 2003, looks jammed up in 2028 with tr Pluto square its Mars, moving through an opposition to its Jupiter and then a conjunction with its Neptune in 2031/32 – that looks like an over confident push which may not end well.
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal and Palantir, was born only a few days after Karp, 11 October 1967, so has relatively similar placings – the formidably determined and ruthless Mars in Sagittarius square Pluto Uranus and a Libra Sun opposition Saturn. Later in the decade won’t be his shining hour either with tr Neptune in an uncertain conjunction to his Saturn; his Solar Arc Mars conjunct his Neptune and SA Pluto square his Neptune – with the same suspicion as about Karp with an over-the-top drive across the turn of the decade, starts well and ends badly.
Marjorie, I was going to ask you about Alex Karp. I’m sick of him looking like he’s strung out on cocaine and rambling like he’s Lex Luthor here to save the world ‘or else,’ if people step in his path. So, I’m glad you see, ‘a devastating/confused 2029 as his SA Pluto is conjunct his Neptune,’ for him. Though the next 3 years of these unhinged, malignant tech incels is going to thin my nerves further.
Peter Thiel’s the other one who goes on these bizarre Antichrist talks about how we need to be aware of these oppressive, surveillance type systems which he believes are manifestations of the Antichrist – you know, the very systems he is building himself?
Self awareness and reflection is not strong with this lot at all. How they managed to get politicians on their side baffles me, until I pop my idealistic bubble and I realise, most politicians have zero integrity and are bought and it’s that easy. I heard a great quote on social media but not sure who it’s from:
The poor/working class pay taxes. The rich pay accountants. The super rich pay politicians.
I’m.hoping over the next few years, Pluto in Aquarius will level this playing field as I see a huge majority of people around who are sick to death of them all and the system that allows it to go unchecked.
Well said. I’ve seen that disturbing footage of Karp, high as a kite, rambling and sweating under the influence of god knows what. I am also struck by how totally unhinged these people are and wonder to what extent they reflect Pluto in Aquarius. I know Aquarius can be zany, eccentric and that its opposite sign of Leo can be seen when Aquarius becomes the edgelord, takes the centre stage in order to show off its contrarianism and fling it in the public’s face, but these people are truly dark and dystopian. South Park’s latest series saw an episode, ‘Twisted Christian’ where Thiel satirised as a crazed Antichrist obsessive, convinced that the children are all possessed by Satan.
I also wonder what role illegal drugs play in influencing this behaviour. And since I also come from the Uranus/Pluto in Virgo generation, to what extent people like Karp and Thiel are having their finest hour now that Pluto is in Uranus-ruled Aquarius. I’ve known people with personal planets tied into that conjunction and not all of them are reliable and grounded, particularly when Chiron opposes the stellium. Nor is the Neptune in Scorpio square Jupiter in Leo of the ‘Summer of Love’s’ children always channeled constructively when squared by Jupiter in Leo – my sister has this and channels it into her passion for travel and the arts – but on a lower level it can be both grandiose and delusional.
One does not feel safe in their hands.
Perhaps it’s worth noting that asteroid Ceres was conjunct the Uranus/Pluto in Virgo during the year 1967, when these two men were born.
Also, that transit Chiron is about to hit the North Nodes of both Thiel and Karp.
I think this kind of transit would need to be earth shattering and traumatic to wake those two up out of their delusional wrong path because introspection is something they appear to be devoid of.
I completely agree. Isn’t it such a bizarre and devastatingly disturbed timeline we are in? Every day I feel like I’m stuck in a nightmare. I hope we get some really good politicians coming up who batten this down quickly because its all so perverse. But I haven’t got much hope at present. Yet I have to keep reminding myself humanity does get better as time goes on, but it doesn’t do it in a linear fashion. We get pulled into a cul de sac by mad men for a while before we correct ourselves again. We’re clearly in that cul de sac right now.
I have an extremely private chart and a 1st house Pluto in Libra and all this surveillance malarky is shredding my nerves to extremes and making me madder than a wet hen. I would hate the fact there wouldn’t be one country around in the future where we are not watched and controlled of which we wouldn’t be able to fight back. We can’t be moving towards that future, surely? I hope it does get resolved in the near future though, we’re just going through a painful bottleneck of history right now.
Ronan Farrow did a brilliant investigatory piece recently on Sam Altman exposing how untrustworthy he is. Here’s an AI summary of what was in the article:
Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz published a major investigative feature in The New Yorker titled “Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?” on April 6, 2026. The 16,000-word article is based on 100+ interviews and never-before-disclosed internal documents, including secret memos compiled by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever.
The investigation centers on Sutskever’s allegations that Altman exhibited a consistent pattern of deception, with the memos explicitly listing “Lying” as the first item in a list of concerning behaviors. Key revelations include:
2023 Firing Context: The board ousted Altman in November 2023 because he was “not consistently candid in his communications,” though he was reinstated within days after investors and Microsoft threatened to pull funding.
Safety Misrepresentations: The article details how Altman allegedly misrepresented safety protocols and compute resources to the board and the public, including dissolving the “superalignment” team without completing its mission.
National Security Concerns: Farrow and Marantz expose Altman’s efforts to block AI regulation, his entanglements with Gulf autocracies, and internal discussions about playing foreign powers like China and Russia against each other.
Character Assessments: Multiple sources described Altman as having an “unconstrained” relationship with the truth and a “sociopathic lack of concern” for the consequences of deceiving others, while others noted his intense drive for power over wealth.
The piece argues that Altman’s behavior reflects a wider industry “race to the bottom” where regulatory guardrails are falling away as Silicon Valley exerts significant influence over policymaking.
Speaking of Sam Altman’s deception, it has come to light here in Canada that ChatGPT did not file a police report when the recent the Tumbler Ridge, BC shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar posted plans for carrying out a mass-casualty school shooting. If these horrific posts had been reported, there’s a solid chance that the police would’ve intervened. Instead, Van Rootselaar killed eight children. Altman sent a letter of apology to the town’s mayor and the province’s Premier, but obviously what’s done is done and Altman and his ilk get away with it.
Elon Musk just hates Sam Altman, this legal battle is not really about Open AI being made a profit based company. Yes, he is one of the founders of Open AI, and he left because of conflict of interest. The problem has to do with his own AI company Grok, which is having problems all over the world. His models are not properly trained, they are discriminating, other one was undressing people, and so many issues. Grok is under investigation in some countries, there is a likelihood of it being banned in some countries. Now he hates seeing Open AI’s success, because his own Grok is monetized to, but it is not doing well.
Whatever the outcome of this legal battle, AI boom won’t be affected, I still see AI accelerating and becoming powerful in the coming years, especially with Uranus having just moved into Gemini and it will form a trine with Pluto in Aquarius. The only problem I am seeing with Open AI is that it might lose some of it’s customers because of it’s association with Pentagon, and Sam Altman friendship with Trump. Anthropic and other players will dominate and grow even further.
I hope that after we are done with Trump and his ilk, the democrats in Congress focus on busting up some of these tech companies. This happened before in the early 1900s, when anger against the “robber barons” caused Congress to take action. The robber barons were a few wealthy men who controlled everything from steel to railroads and ruthlessly stopped any competition using their wealth and influence, thus ensuring they lived in luxury while their workers had to work in deplorable conditions. Eventually Congress held hearings and “busted” the monopolies, ensuring that these gigantic companies had to break down to smaller companies.
We did it with coal, steel, and railroads. I think it’s finally time for the media, social media, and tech companies receive the same treatment.
Did it stop the robber barons? No. They still lived in luxury. But their monopoly on power was broken. Laws were passed that encouraged fairer competition and better working conditions.
I think we need to take this step against people like Musk. Take away his power and allow his competition a more equal playing field. Maybe this is why none of these billionaires look particularly happy in the upcoming years.
But back in the day most congressmen were of the people, ordinary men representing their constituents. Sadly, today many of the elected politicians are themselves billionaires. They won’t vote against their interests.
In the early days and into the 19th century many congressmen were patrician gentlemen farmers, plantation owners or descendants of aristocratic younger sons who emigrated.
I agree with this too. I’d like to not only see the monopolies broken up, I want to see extreme wealth capped 100%. Nobody needs to be billionaires where it gives them power to buy up countries, manipulate the food chain/banks/fuel companies and so on, fund military weapons especially for genocide, hoover up entire media platforms for propaganda uses, etc. It’s got to stop. I’ve no problem with people being millionaires and multi millionaires. I’m not a complete socialist. But how much does an individual need? The thing I’ve noticed with offensive wealth owners is they are so damn miserable and only appear to be getting nourishment when they hurt others.
* reply was to Allyn
Hear, hear! I agree with you about the bloated billionaires and their insidious excesses and the need to constrain their behavior and use of their wealth.