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Elon Musk tweets, then deletes, Holocaust joke

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO eventually deleted the offensive meme. Enlarge / After 12 hours, the Tesla CEO deleted the Holocaust joke. (credit: Twitter) In the early hours of Thursday morning, Elon Musk tweeted a meme that compa.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaFeb 17th, 2022

Elon Musk says Tesla is an AI company now. Here’s how plausible that is.

As Tesla's core business starts to falter, CEO Elon Musk has robot fever. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) When Tesla recorded its first annual profit in 2020, it had done something fairly remarkable. Start.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 6th, 2024

Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Sam Altman for making a “fool” out of him

Elon Musk asks court to void Microsoft’s exclusive deal with OpenAI. Enlarge / Elon Musk and Sam Altman share the stage in 2015, the same year that Musk alleged that Altman's "deception" began. (credit: Michael Kovac / Contribu.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 5th, 2024

Rocket Report: Falcon 9 is back; Starship could be recovered off Australia

Elon Musk doesn't expect the next Starship test flight to occur before late August. Welcome to Edition 7.05 of the Rocket Report! The Federal Aviation Administration grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for 15 days after a rare failure.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsAug 2nd, 2024

Twitter for Mac leaves the Mac App Store, but iPad X is still usable

Formerly a must-have social app, Twitter for Mac is no longer visible in the Mac App Store, but you could still use the X iPad app on Apple Silicon.Twitter icon, pre-XThe Elon Musk era's changing of Twitter to X has seemingly claimed another victim......»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsAug 1st, 2024

Tesla analyst nearly crashes while using ‘Full Self-Driving’

Elon Musk said that investors won’t understand the company unless they’re using the driver-assistance system marketed as Full Self-Driving, so analyst William Stein took this as his cue to test-drive one and narrowly avoided a crash.  .....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJul 30th, 2024

Elon Musk shares animation showing Starship catch and stack

SpaceX boss Elon Musk has shared an animation showing how two giant mechanical arms will try to catch the Starship rocket at the end of its next test flight......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJul 30th, 2024

SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn mission faces delay

SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn mission has been delayed as the Elon Musk-led company focuses instead on the Crew-9 mission to the space station......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJul 29th, 2024

Security Bite: X quietly adds option to keep its third-rate AI product Grok from scraping your posts and interactions

Heads up! Elon Musk’s social platform X (formerly Twitter) has quietly added an opt-out toggle to keep its AI chatbot Grok from data scraping your posts, as well as any interactions you have with it. The setting to allow data for training is enable.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJul 26th, 2024

X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it

Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in. Enlarge / An AI-generated image released by xAI during the open-weights launch of Grok-1. (credit: xAI) Elon Musk-led social media platform X is training Gr.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 26th, 2024

X quietly adds option to keep its third-rate AI product Grok from scraping your posts and interactions

Heads up! Without notice, Elon Musk’s social platform X (formerly Twitter) has quietly added an opt-out toggle to keep its AI chatbot Grok from scraping your posts, as well as any interactions you have with it. The setting to allow data for trainin.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJul 26th, 2024

How to stop Musk"s Grok AI from training on anything you"ve ever said or done on X

Twitter/X has automatically opted you in to training Elon Musk's Grok AI on everything you've ever posted on the service. Here's where they have stashed the hidden setting, and how to turn it off.Find the right setting and you can say now to X's Grok.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJul 26th, 2024

X reveals security incident that made your ‘private’ likes public

X, Elon Musk’s social network formerly known as Twitter, recently implemented a change that made likes private, so that only the account owner can see the posts they have liked. However, a recent security incident allowed others to still see these.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJul 25th, 2024

No judge with Tesla stock should handle Elon Musk cases, watchdog argues

Elon Musk does not control X or Tesla, X argued in lawsuit over ad boycott. Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) Elon Musk's fight against Media Matters for America (MMFA)—a watchdog organization that.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 24th, 2024

Elon Musk claims he is training “the world’s most powerful AI by every metric”

One snag: xAI might not have the electrical power contracts to do it. Enlarge / Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister,.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 24th, 2024

Musk promises to deliver ‘the world’s most powerful AI’ by later this year

Musk has stated that Grok 3 will be a huge improvement and topple its competitors when it supposedly launches in late 2024......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJul 23rd, 2024

Musk doubles down on promises for Optimus humanoid robots

Elon Musk promises they'll "genuinely useful humanoid robots" when/if they ever do arrive......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJul 22nd, 2024

Tesla to have humanoid robots for internal use next year, Musk says

Tesla plans to have humanoid robots for internal use next year, CEO Elon Musk said......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJul 22nd, 2024

Elon Musk’s X tests letting users request Community Notes on bad posts

X to fight spiking disinformation by letting users request Community Notes. Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) Continuing to evolve the fact-checking service that launched as Twitter's Birdwatch, X.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 19th, 2024

Elon Musk’s X may succeed in blocking Calif. content moderation law on appeal

Elon Musk's X previously failed to block the law on First Amendment grounds. Enlarge (credit: Marc Piasecki / Contributor | Getty Images Entertainment) Elon Musk's fight defending X's content moderation decisions isn't j.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 19th, 2024

Report: Tesla focused on fixing self-driving flaws for Musk, VIPs

Employees who review camera footage were told to focus on issues experienced by CEO Elon Musk and social media influencers, according to a report from Business Insider......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJul 18th, 2024