Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Grok bot restricts sexual image generation after global outcry
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Thursday started restricting the ability for non-paying users to create deepfake, sexualized images after global pushback from users and governments. Late last month, some...
Tesla dethroned as the world’s top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up abroad. Tesla lost its pole...
As Elon Musk plans a robot army, China’s humanoid bots are already on the market
As Elon Musk touted plans to eventually manufacture an army of Tesla bots in Silicon Valley this month, humanoid robots were already being produced and sold to consumers in...
Elon Musk’s xAI lays off 500 people training its Grok chatbot
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has laid off 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps train its Grok chatbot.The layoffs were earlier reported by Business Insider.The...
With stock purchase, Elon Musk signals confidence in Tesla’s self-driving tech
In a move that boosted Tesla’s stock in midday trading on Monday, it was revealed that Chief Executive Elon Musk purchased approximately $1 billion worth of the company’s shares.The...
Linda Yaccarino to step down as CEO of Elon Musk’s social media site X
Linda Yaccarino, the chief executive of social media site X, said Wednesday that she’s stepping down from her role after two years at the company.“When @elonmusk and I first...
Driverless disruption: Tech titans gird for robotaxi wars with new factory and territories
As three key players vie for dominance, the race to put driverless taxis on roads across the country is heating up.Waymo, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, already offers...
Trump says Musk is ‘not really leaving,’ fueling legal challenge over his role at DOGE
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who has led an effort in the Trump administration to cut jobs and programs across the federal government, stood by President Trump’s side...
Tesla shares drop amid auto tariffs and ‘brand crisis’
Tesla shares took a hit Monday after a leading analyst slashed his price target by more than 40%, citing a “perfect storm” created by President Trump’s auto tariffs and...
Commentary: Elon Musk brought a Silicon Valley mindset to Trump’s Washington. It’s been a disaster
Washington has never seen anything like the rule-breaking, power-taking, government-torching, protocol-scorching force of delighted havoc and gleeful mayhem that is Elon Musk.Margaret O’Mara has.The University of Washington historian charted...