Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta Warn Against 'Premature Restrictions' of Open-Weight Models

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and more than 20 other tech companies signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models, warning that broad limits could "stifle competition or drive innovation oversea…

Election Commission Says Musk Likely Broke The Law By Paying Voters. Will Anyone Do Anything About It?

Will Elon Musk actually face legal consequences for illegally paying voters in an attempt to interfere in an election? We’re at least one step closer to finding out. Back during the 2024 Presidential election, he got away with offering $1 million to a “random…

Remember Tesla?

Elon Musk’s company is quietly becoming even more important to the future of electric cars in America.

“The Man Will Burn” accidentally shows why people despise Burning Man

Instead of clearing up misconceptions about the annual desert bacchanalia, HBO's docuseries confirms them

Elon Musk Has Lost $650 Billion In 5 Weeks As Tesla And SpaceX Plummet

Six weeks ago Elon Musk held more paper wealth than any person in recorded history. Then two stocks started moving in the same direction at the same time, an...

Tesla is betting its future on Optimus. Here's what we know about Elon Musk's robot.

Tesla is preparing to build Optimus in Fremont. Here's what we know about the humanoid robot's price, capabilities, and biggest hurdles.

Elon Musk tries out the some-of-my-best-friends defense

Asked whether he was racist, Elon Musk cited his partner, children and racially diverse executives. The next question went less smoothly. The post Elon Musk tries out the some-of-my-best-friends defense appeared first on Boing Boing.

Elon Musk said helping create OpenAI accidentally accelerated the AI race, which ‘wasn’t really’ his intention

Musk said that the AI race accelerated after Anthropic spun out of OpenAI, which was not his intention when he helped create the company.

Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview

"Maybe some people do loathe me. And that's probably true. I don't care," said Musk.

Olivia Wilde Reveals Her First Experience With ‘Creature’ Elon Musk As She Lays Into Him

"I really resent him now. I really deeply resent him," said Olivia Wilde about Elon Musk.

Tesla’s Worst Day In A Year Cuts Elon Musk’s Net Worth By $18 Billion

The automaker reported earnings that disappointed Wall Street, with plans to spend billions more on AI.

Watch Live as SpaceX Attempts Second Launch of Upgraded Starship

This is SpaceX's second go at Flight 13 after the mission was scrubbed at the last minute on July 16.

Tesla Stock Falls After Elon Musk Frets Over the Difficulty of Building Robots

The CEO seems to think his competitors are cheating.

Emma Ruth Rundle Announces Fall 2026 US Tour, Unveils Single “Enough”: Stream

The headlining tour is set to follow her outing supporting All Them Witches. Emma Ruth Rundle Announces Fall 2026 US Tour, Unveils Single “Enough”: Stream Langdon Hickman

Elon Musk laid out why it's so hard to make Optimus a reality

Elon Musk spelled out the difficulty of making Optimus dexterous, reliable, durable, and safe, and why it will be tough to ramp up production.

Tesla set for ‘massive capex’ spend of $25B, Musk says

Tesla shares fell by 14% after its Q2 earnings amid concerns of weaker profit and slower than expected expansion in key areas such as its robotaxi product.

Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about the major trade secrets lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI and what this tells us about OpenAI’s future. By now I’m sure most Decoder listeners are familiar with Apple’s alle…

Elon Musk Says That Grok AI Will Remake Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Elon Musk says that Grok Imagine, an AI image and video generator, will make a version of The Odyssey before the year is out. [Read More]

Dem Texas AG Candidate Vows To Investigate Musk’s Starlink Grant Grift

Last month I wrote a feature for The Verge exploring how Republicans had hijacked the Biden-era infrastructure bill to redirect billions of dollars away from next-generation fiber, and instead funnel it into the pockets of billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezo…

Elon Musk says it's worth the risk of killer AI because 'abundance for all' is more likely

Elon Musk said that AI risks exist but should not halt progress because it could lead to an "age of amazing abundance."

Kylie Jenner’s Meta Smart Glasses Parodied in Guerrilla Lenticular Ad

An activist group has created a spoof billboard ad on a London bus stop, taking aim at Meta's AI smart glasses. [Read More]

'Let's enjoy the ride' says Elon Musk, as AI fears mount

Talking to The Economist, Musk said he doesn't care if people hate him and said he was not a racist.

Elon Musk says Tesla should be spending on AI 'as fast as we can'

Tesla's capital expenditure soared 142% year-over-year to $5.8 billion in the second quarter as Musk's AI spending spree ramped up.

10 Thursday AM Reads

My morning reads: • Tesla’s Cratering Cybertruck Sales Evoke Ford Edsel Comparisons: Both automakers expected consumers to buy hundreds of thousands of their futuristic models per year. Tesla’s pickup is missing the mark by a wider margin. (Bloomberg) • Bitco…

Tesla’s Founders Are Backing The Anti-Cybertruck

Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard dreamed up Tesla, then convinced Elon Musk to fund it. Two decades later, they’re backing TELO, a maker of pint-sized electric trucks.

Jennifer Garner Likens Her Relationship With One Paparazzo to 'Stockholm Syndrome'

The concept of a man being “assigned” to take photos of me for DECADES would be enough for me to nuke the entire planet. She is stronger than all of us.

Musk Leaves Room For a Potential SpaceX-Tesla Merger

First came xAI-SpaceX. Now brace yourselves for SpaceXAI-Tesla.

Whoopi Goldberg Slams Transphobic Critics Of Elliot Page’s ‘The Odyssey’ Casting: “Don’t Go See The Damn Movie”

As The Odyssey surpasses $300M after a record opening weekend, conservative critics should be eating their words. On Tuesday’s episode of The View, panelist Whoopi Goldberg called out social media trolls who have been “losing their minds over the cast” and ar…

We have more numbers on Tesla's Robotaxi progress. Here are the 7 that matter most.

Tesla's latest figures on Robotaxi's expansion include seven operating US markets and 380,000 unsupervised miles driven.

Tesla Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) executives used the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings webcast to highlight record quarterly deliveries, rising interest in Full Self...

Musk Says Tesla And SpaceX ‘Can’t Talk About’ Merging On Earnings Call—But Here’s What He Did Say

Musk told investors there is “more and more overlap” between his two companies.

Elon Musk Says ‘If You Value Tesla as Just an Auto Company, Fundamentally, It’s Just the Wrong Framework’ — More Like ‘A Dozen Technology Startups’

Trying to fit some companies into familiar categories can be like trying to describe a smartphone as just a telephone. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that’s exactl...

Elon Musk promises you a historically accurate Cyclops

Elon Musk, whose promises traditionally arrive years late or not at all, says Grok Imagine will make a full-length, "historically accurate" adaptation of The Odyssey before Christmas 2026. At last, a meticulously researched Scylla and Charybdis. Musk announce…

Christopher Nolan Compares AI To A “Glass Trojan Horse”: “Everybody Knows The Greeks Are Inside”

While Elon Musk attempts to rival The Odyssey with an AI-generated take, Christopher Nolan sees how the historical epic serves as a metaphor for the public’s distrust in the tech. The 2x Oscar winning director recently agreed with a comparison of artificial i…

DOGE Guys Who Didn’t Save Us Any Money Rake in Cash With New Military Tech Startup

Wonder how they knew there was an opportunity to cash in?

Tesla Profit Misses as Elon’s Costs Outrun Record Revenue

Elon gets a raise, Tesla gets a margin problem, and shareholders get exactly what they signed up for: masochism

Tesla’s revenues are bouncing back after a dismal two years

After a dismal two years of weakening demand, falling sales, and damage to its brand by Elon Musk's political activities, Tesla's road to recovery continues apace. On the heels of an impressive delivery report, the company released its earnings for the second…

What Marty Makary Actually Got Done As FDA Commissioner

Marty Makary resigned as FDA commissioner amid controversy. But his reforms to drug review times and AI are the agency's biggest modernization in decades.

Musk: I’ll use AI to make “historically accurate” version of “The Odyssey”

The world's richest man wants his high-powered chatbot to make movies in Homeric Greek.

@Grok, Can All the Money in the World Buy Good Taste?

Elon Musk has promised to make an AI version of The Odyssey. It's going to be a disaster.

Coffee Break: Oracle’s Exploding Debt and Plumeting Stock Price Threaten Paramount Media Empire?

The foundations of the hastily assembled Ellison family hasbara media empire -- Paramount, WBD, American TikTok -- are cracking as Oracle stock has lost $600 billion in market cap since its September 2025 peak and its nearly $200 billion in corporate debt is …

Musk Melts Down Over ‘The Odyssey,’ Promises AI Slop Remake

Elon Musk announced Grok AI would create an "accurate" version of "The Odyssey," after expressing anger at Christopher Nolan's adaptation.

SpaceX stock is treading water as Elon's other company — Tesla — reports Wednesday night

SpaceX stock is treading water on Wednesday following a recent rough patch. Shares are in focus as CEO Elon Musk's other company - Tesla - reports second qua...

Elon and the Other Gaza

How the world's richest man helped trigger an HIV crisis in one of the world's poorest countries.

Did China's AI Save Hugging Face From Disaster After Open AI Hack?

Open AI says its technology hacked another company all on its own—and it needed China’s help to stop it.

Elon Musk's posts about making an espresso in FSD are being scrutinized in a Tesla investigation

Regulators asked Tesla for more information about Musk's posts that FSD users could text and make espressos while driving.

Musk Suggests He’ll Make His Own ‘Odyssey’ With Grok—Latest In Crusade Against Nolan Film

Elon Musk, the loudest critic of “The Odyssey,” suggested in a post on X he would make his own adaptation of Homer’s epic poem using Grok technology.

Elon Musk Says He’d Give Mel Gibson $100 Million For An ‘Accurate’ Odyssey

Elon Musk is saying that Grok would make a better film out of The Odyssey, and that he'd give a bunch of money to Mel Gibson for a more "historically accurate" take.

21 successful tech moguls who never graduated college

The founders of billion-dollar tech companies, including Meta, OpenAI, and Canva, have achieved success without ever getting college degrees.

Elon Musk Will Use AI to Make “Historically Accurate” Version of The Odyssey

Elon Musk announced that he plans to use his AI chatbot Grok “to make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.”

Elon Musk Claims That Before the End of 2026, Grok Will Make a Full-Length AI Movie of The Odyssey 'That Is Historically Accurate and True to the Art of Homer'

Elon Musk has claimed that Grok will make an AI movie of The Odyssey “that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,” by the end of 2026. He did not make any claim about whether it would be any good.

"Empire of Abuse": MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami after British authorities issued new rape and sex trafficking charges against them. The brothers, dual British-U.S. citizens, are prominent in the far-right, hypermasculine online community known as the “man…

MAGA America Now Needs Conspiracy Theories to Explain How The Odyssey Could Possibly be a Box Office Hit

Right-wing America was certain The Odyssey would flop because it had black and trans people in it, so now they need some conspiracy comfort.

Ray Dalio warned Elon Musk against betting all his money on Mars exploration: The SpaceX CEO invested $100m anyway, and had to borrow cash for rent

Elon Musk Claims Grok Imagine Will Create “Historically Accurate” AI Version Of ‘The Odyssey’

Elon Musk’s campaign against Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey just deepened. The tech mogul wrote on his social media service X that his AI tool Grok Imagine would create a “full-length” feature version of Homer’s Greek myth. “Before this year ends, Grok Im…

Ouster Of Defense Minister Jeopardizes Ukraine’s Drone War Victories

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ouster of his longtime tech wizard, Mykhailo Fedorov, as defense minister could halt Ukraine’s striking rise in drone and robotic warfare.

Supermicro stock jumps on gross margin raise amid record $60 billion backlog

Supermicro stock jumped in after-hours trading as the company upped its gross margin guidance amid a record backlog of orders.

The Odyssey Exposes the Elliot Page Casting Controversy as Empty Culture-War Outrage

Elliot Page has a pretty small role in The Odyssey. What isn’t small is the controversy that has hounded Page since he was cast. Conservatives like Elon Musk, who called the casting “on…

xAI, Which Is Being Sued Over Grok’s CSAM Problem, Sues a User Over Grok’s CSAM Problem

You may recall that at the end of last year and very beginning of this year there was a big story over Elon Musk’s LLM tool Grok being willing to produce non-consensual images of people (including children) in bikinis or otherwise stripped down in objectifyin…

TSLA Stock Badly Needs a Pump From Elon Musk. Buy Shares Now to Bet on Post-Earnings Hype.

Northrop Grumman CEO Won’t Rule Out Space Robots As Weapons

“I will leave it up to the U.S. government,” CEO Kathy Warden said during an earnings call.

Right-Wing Haters Try to Stop the Steal as ‘Woke’ Odyssey Conquers Global Box Office

It might be the dumbest culture war fight of the year.

Conservatives Battle Over Whether 'The Odyssey' Is 'Biblical' Or 'Woke'

A chorus of conservative critics, led by billionaire Elon Musk, have slammed “The Odyssey” as “woke” over Christopher Nolan’s casting choices—while Ben Shapiro has hailed it as a “masterpiece.”

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Two Faces of Starlink

Commercial technologies are increasingly finding themselves at the center of international security. Starlink began as an ambitious effort to provide global broadband internet, but its rapid integration into Ukraine's military operations transformed engineeri…

Tesla Robotaxis go to Florida

It must be earnings day, because Tesla is making a Robotaxi announcement. The company said in a post on X that it was launching its Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa, attaching a pair of maps that show each city's service area. No word on fleet size or wh…

X (Twitter) Releases Fully Rebuilt Android App To Enhance Performance

X (formerly Twitter) has launched a completely rebuilt Android application, fulfilling a major promise made by Elon Musk nearly a year ago. Available via the Google Play Store, the updated version was designed from scratch to deliver a faster, smoother, and m…

Sarah's Wager

Sarah Guo built Conviction into the venture firm closest to the AI frontier. Now she's betting against its biggest companies.

Why Matt Damon Had a Female Stunt Double on The Odyssey

Spoiler alert: Some of Damon's bicep work is thanks to his female stunt performer!

Tesla investors want answers about a potential merger with SpaceX

Tesla investors are responding to rampant speculation about a mega-merger with SpaceX, which raised $86 billion in a blockbuster IPO last month.

Tesla cash burn to test investor faith in AI bets

Tesla is expected to report its first quarterly cash burn in over two years on Wednesday, as its spending on AI and robotics soars, intensifying investor scr...

What China's internet is saying about Moonshot's hot new Kimi model

Just days after launching Kimi K3, Moonshot AI temporarily suspended new subscriptions, saying demand had overwhelmed its computing capacity.

Olivia Wilde Details Meeting Elon Musk ‘Before He Turned Into This Creature’

"I never would've predicted that he would go the path that he's gone now, because he did seem really smart," the director-actress said in a wide-ranging conversation about misogyny

Ben Shapiro Is Breaking with the Conservative Boycott of “The Odyssey” and Defending Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy

“If you let Elliot Page kill that for you, I think you’re missing out on an incredible moviegoing experience.” — Ben Shapiro Ben Shapiro just broke with his own side on “The Odyssey,” giving Christopher Nolan’s film an 8.5 to…

SpaceX in your index fund, explained

Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX - a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpri…

Inside The Rollout That Helped Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Execute A Box Office Takeover

The campaign that got Universal Pictures there is worth studying beyond the opening weekend numbers.

Alphabet Rally Boosts Google Cofounder Fortunes By $15 Billion—Here’s Why Shares Are Up

A new AI chip from Google's parent company could reportedly be up to 10 times more energy-efficient.

Xbox Is Dismantling Its Future To Rebuild a Past It Can Never Recapture

Xbox's big reset has scrapped studios building original ideas in favour of doubling down on legacy IP - but how will it find its next big franchise if it only focuses on the old?

Brendan Carr Is Illegally Dismantling U.S. Media Consolidation Law

Brendan Carr and the Trump FCC are finalizing plans to illegally eliminate what’s left of the country’s already barely functional media consolidation limits; a specific gift to Trump-friendly right wing broadcasters that are hoping to monopolize what’s left o…

Why is Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey so controversial?

Controversy has centred largely on casting, but it also reflects broader debates on who gets to retell this epic story.

The CEOs, founders, and billionaires spotted at the World Cup final

Steel tycoons, sports executives, and creator entrepreneurs were among the VIP guests in New Jersey.

On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet

U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.

OpenAI has seen a 'resurgence' of interest in secondary markets.

For most of this year, investors couldn't get enough of Anthropic while ignoring OpenAI. Now the tide is turning following the release of new models.

Elon Musk Just Ditched His Clean‑Energy Image With a Billion‑Dollar Fossil‑Fuel Play

When it comes to Elon Musk, the world’s richest person is well-known for clean energy initiatives that include bets on electric vehicles, solar power, energy...

Ben Shapiro Calls ‘The Odyssey’ a ‘Masterpiece’ Despite Conservative Outrage: Christopher Nolan Is the ‘Best Working Director Today’

Ben Shapiro posted an 18-minute review of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” to his YouTube channel on Saturday, in which he called the Greek epic a “masterpiece” despite the conservative outrage about the film’s cast and historical accuracy. “Nolan is unparal…

The Odyssey’s Box Office Performance Proves Elon Musk Wrong Once Again

With an estimated $257 million world wide in the opening weekend, The Odyssey wasn't phased by the tech mogul's racism tirade. The Odyssey’s Box Office Performance Proves Elon Musk Wrong Once Again Travis Bland

Tate Brothers Arrested In Florida: What We Know About Their Trump Ties

Trump has not publicly denounced or expressed support for the Tates.

Conservatives Admit The Odyssey Was “Really Really Good”

Ben Shapiro, Fox News, and rght-wingers are throwing their support behind Christopher Nolan's latest epic. Conservatives Admit The Odyssey Was “Really Really Good” Alex Young

20 Best Sword-and-Sandal Films, From ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘Gladiator’

It’s been decades since cinemagoers have been treated to a high quality sword-and-sandal film, so leave it to the great Christopher Nolan to reinvigorate the dying genre with his thrilling take on Homer’s classic “The Odyssey.” Needless to say, Elon Musk and …

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Elon Musk Admits He Underestimated Anthropic's AI, and Amazon and Alphabet Investors Should Take Notice

Astronauts Marooned On Moon Could Be Abandoned Under Current NASA Plan

NASA’s masterplan for upcoming lunar landings has a massive flaw that could prove fatal to the U.S. astronauts set to touch down on the Moon in 2028, say NASA inspectors.

Bank of America revamps Tesla forecast before earnings

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, whom JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon once called “our Einstein", has had plenty on his plate lately. SpaceX’s (SPCX) latest Starship lau...

Meet Yang Zhilin, the CEO and founder behind China's buzzy new Kimi K3 AI model

Yang Zhilin is the CEO and founder of Moonshot AI, a Chinese startup that developed Kimi K3. The Kimi K3 model raised eyebrows in Silicon Valley.

Meet Yang Zhilin, the CEO and founder behind China's buzzy new Kimi K3 AI model

Yang Zhilin is the CEO and founder of Moonshot AI, a Chinese startup that developed Kimi K3. The Kimi K3 model raised eyebrows in Silicon Valley.

There’s a Reason American Kids Aren’t Better at Soccer. I Saw It for Myself All Too Well.

Youth soccer in America reflects some of our worst national systems.

The Right Spent Months Attacking Two Casting Choices in Nolan’s ‘the Odyssey.’ the Movie Just Opened, and the Whole Thing Was Based on Stuff That Isn’t in It

Elliot Page doesn’t play Achilles in “The Odyssey.” He plays Sinon, Odysseus’ cousin and a key figure in the Trojan Horse ruse, a role no one on the right had confirmed before spending weeks insisting a trans man had no…

If Musk had bought Bitcoin and gold instead of Twitter, here's what it would be worth today

On October 27, 2022, Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. He walked into the building carrying a sink, tweeted "let that sink in," and...

Michael Hudson with Radhika Desai: We’re Headed for a Depression Worse Than 2008

Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai discuss how much of supposed US economic performance is illusory, and what happens when it unwinds.

Elon Musk Reacts to Jamie Dimon's ‘Einstein’ Praise With Two-Word Reply as Viral Post Hails His SpaceX and Tesla Legacy

Elon Musk thanked JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday after an X post revived the banker’s comparison of the Tesla Inc. chief to legendary phys...