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May 9, 2024

Elon Musk outlines upcoming Tesla Full Self-Driving updates

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Elon Musk has given an update with an outline for Tesla’s upcoming Full Self-Driving (FSD) software updates.

With FSD v12 and the upcoming launch of Tesla’s dedicated Robotaxi, there’s a lot of excitement around Tesla’s self-driving effort.

Musk is again in the too-familiar position of predicting that the automaker is close to releasing a true self-driving system, but the path to get there is still far from clear.

May 8, 2024

Elon Musk’s Management Style at Tesla: A Key to Success

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Elon Musk’s unique management style at Tesla, which involves small, highly technical teams, removing underperforming employees, and creating challenging deadlines, has been crucial to the company’s success Questions to inspire discussion Who is Andrej Karpathy? —Andrej Karpathy is a highly respected computer scientist who served as the Director of AI and Autopilot at Tesla and co-founded OpenAI.

May 8, 2024

Tesla releases new Optimus humanoid robot video that creates controversy

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Tesla has released a new video of a prototype of Optimus, its humanoid robot, and it created some controversy as some disagree about how impressive it is.

Last month, Elon Musk gave an update on the timing for the rollout of Optimus. The CEO says that Optimus is already performing factory tasks inside its lab. He believes that Optimus will be used to perform real tasks inside actual Tesla factories by the end of the year.

Furthermore, Musk said that he believes Tesla could start selling its Optimus humanoid robot to customers outside of the company by the end of 2025.

May 8, 2024

Elon Musk Says Warren Buffett Should Buy Tesla Stock

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Warren Buffett addressed Tesla’s Full Self-Driving over the weekend.

May 7, 2024

Tesla Optimus humanoid robot to get more dexterous hands: Elon Musk

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Elon Musk confirms Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus will soon have hands with 22 Degrees of Freedom, enhancing its dexterity for complex tasks.

May 5, 2024

Elon Musk’s Grok Will Get All Its News From X

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“As more information becomes available, the news summary will update to include that information,” Musk told Big Technology. “The goal is simple: to provide maximally accurate and timely information, citing the most significant sources.”

Apr 29, 2024

Elon Musk heads to China as Tesla pushes self-driving technology rollout

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has arrived in Beijing on an unannounced trip, where he is expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to transfer data overseas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Chinese state media reported that he met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Mr Li told Mr Musk that Tesla’s development in China could be regarded as a successful example of US-China economic and trade cooperation.

“Honoured to meet with Premier Li Qiang. We have known each other now for many years, since early Shanghai days,” Mr Musk posted on social media platform X, as he appeared in a picture with the premier.

Apr 29, 2024

China Shows Off Monkey With Brain Chip Allowing It to Control Robotic Arm

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A Chinese company says it’s successfully developed a brain chip and implanted it into a monkey — who can now remotely control a robot arm with the device.

That’s according to state-run news media outfit Xinhua, putting Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink on notice that there will be international as well as domestic competition for his brain-computer interface venture.

The company, Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology, which is backed by the Chinese government, unveiled its device, the NeuCyber Array BMI (brain-machine interface) System at a technology convention in Beijing on Thursday, according to Reuters.

Apr 26, 2024

In a future with brain-computer interfaces like Elon Musk’s Neuralink, we may need to rethink freedom of thought

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In a future with more ‘mind reading,’ thanks to computer-brain interfaces, we may need to rethink freedom of thought.

Apr 26, 2024

XAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, is closing on $6B in funding and X, his social network, is already one of its shareholders

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xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenom OpenAI, is raising $6 billion on a pre-money valuation of $18 billion, according to one trusted source close to the deal. The deal — which would give investors one quarter of the company — is expected to close in the next few weeks unless the terms of the deal change.

The deal terms have changed once already. As of last weekend, Jared Birchall, who heads Musk’s family office, was telling prospective investors that xAI was raising $3 billion at a $15 billion pre-money valuation. Given the number of investors clamoring to get into the deal, those numbers were quickly adjusted.

Says our source, “We all received an email that basically said, ‘It’s now $6B on $18B, and don’t complain because a lot of other people want in.”

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