X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, looks like a pretty bad investment right about now. As readers might recall, billionaire Elon Musk borrowed $ 13 billion from Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and five other major banks to help finance the $ 44 billion acquisition of Twitter, as it was then called. According […]
EU warns X over illegal content risks. Musk replies with Tropic Thunder insult meme
How is the European Union’s bid to get Elon Musk to follow its rules going? Judging by the memes, not well. You may recall the X owner previously told his own advertisers to “go f*** yourself,” so it’s perhaps little wonder he’s flirting with flipping the bird at Thierry Breton, the commissioner in charge of […]
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s X Spaces event crashes
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s joint X Spaces event appears to have crashed Monday afternoon. The conversation between the owner of X and the former President was scheduled for 5 pm PT, but users received an error message when joining at that time. “This Space is not available,” said a message on X when trying […]
Privacy watchdog says it’s ‘surprised’ by Elon Musk opting user data into Grok AI training
X, formerly Twitter, quietly pushed out a change that appears to default user data into its AI training pool for Grok, a move that was spotted by users of the platform on Friday. Grok is the name of a conversational AI, or large language model (LLM), developed by Elon Musk-owned X and intended as a […]
Elon Musk sets 2026 Optimus sale date. Here’s where other humanoid robots stand.
Ahead of Tuesday’s earnings, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the carmaker will begin selling its Optimus humanoid robot in 2026. In fact, Optimus has already started performing tasks autonomously, like handling batteries, in one of Tesla’s facilities, according to its earnings report. “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla […]