The European Commission on Monday said it opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the spreading of sexually explicit material by the AI chatbot Grok. The probe is being conducted under the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) regulation. “The new investigation will assess whether the company properly assessed and mitigated risks associated…
Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI has begun to appear in replies to ChatGPT. XAI launched GrowWikipedia in October after Musk complained that Wikipedia was biased against conservatives. Reporters soon noted that while many articles appeared to be Copied directly from WikipediaGrow Wikipedia too claimed Pornography contributed to the AIDS…
Tesla is offering robotaxi rides to passengers in Austin without a human safety driver in the front seat. CEO Elon Musk Posted on its social media platform He then made a recruitment pitch for engineers interested in “solving real-world AI”, which he says will “potentially boost AGI”, to join the Tesla AI team. Tesla starts…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that his company will have a “widespread” network of driverless robotaxis in the U.S. by the end of 2026. “Tesla’s rolled out robotaxi service in a few cities, and will be very, very widespread by the end of this year within the U.S.,” he said during an appearance…
Jeff Bezos holds the aviation glasses that belonged to Amelia Earhart as he speaks during a press conference about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space, in Van Horn, Texas, July 20, 2021. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Jeff Bezos‘ space venture Blue Origin announced Wednesday it plans to deploy 5,408 satellites into…
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta on Wednesday said it will begin to show advertising on its Threads microblogging service to all users globally starting next week. “With ads on Threads, businesses can authentically join this conversation while finding new ways to connect with the people most interested in…
A startup widely known as “ChatGPT for doctors” raised a new funding round that values the company at $12 billion. OpenEvidence, based in Miami, Florida, closed a $250 million financing, led by Thrive Capital and DST, the company told CNBC. The startup first raised outside capital in February, when it reeled in $75 million from…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Billionaires’ wealth has risen sharply to a record high of $18.3 trillion — with the super-rich seeking power “for their own gain,” according to a report by the global charity Oxfam released Monday. The…
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility by…
Elon Musk’s X is experiencing its second massive outage this week. The site and app, formerly known as Twitter, are either not loading at all or glitching into life for a while before throwing up error messages like gang signs. Place down detector There have been nearly 80,000 reports of X being down since about…
