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SimpleX Chat’s X account hacked to promote fake crypto site urging users to connect wallets. Site mimicked official design to steal funds.

Scammers Exploit Grok AI With Video Ad Scam to Push Malware on X

September 5, 2025

Researchers at Guardio Labs have uncovered a new “Grokking” scam where attackers trick Grok AI into spreading malicious…

Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France

July 15, 2025

A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors, over allegations that its algorithm is manipulated for the purposes of “foreign interference.”

Researchers Jailbreak Elon Musk’s Grok-4 AI Within 48 Hours of Launch

July 14, 2025

Elon Musk’s Grok-4 AI was compromised within 48 hours. Discover how NeuralTrust researchers combined “Echo Chamber” and “Crescendo”…

X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using its content

June 5, 2025

Social network X has changed its developer agreement to prevent third parties from using the platform’s content to train large language models.

Elon Musk’s introduction to politics

June 4, 2025

Elon Musk spent months in government and alongside President Trump. Did his gains outweigh his losses?

Elon Musk’s introduction to politics

June 4, 2025

Elon Musk spent months in government and alongside President Trump. Did his gains outweigh his losses?

Elon Musk’s introduction to politics

June 4, 2025

Elon Musk spent months in government and alongside President Trump. Did his gains outweigh his losses?

Amanda Scales, a Musk hire who helped lead DOGE, has returned to xAI

Amanda Scales, the former xAI HR exec who helped lead billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative while working at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, recently returned to xAI, according to The New York Times. Scales used to work on talent acquisition at xAI. Since April, she’s worked on the talent side of…

Musk says Tesla’s self-driving tests will be geofenced to ‘the safest’ parts of Austin

May 20, 2025

The first test of Tesla’s long-promised robotaxi service in Austin, Texas next month will initially be limited to specific areas the company deems “the safest,” CEO Elon Musk told CNBC in an interview Tuesday. Tesla’s cars are “not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident [they’re] going to do well with that intersection,…

The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe

May 20, 2025

Meet the DOGE staffers and senior advisors in Elon Musk’s inner circle, and how they got there.

How Silicon Valley’s influence in Washington benefits the tech elite

May 16, 2025

Since Donald Trump took office, more than three dozen employees, allies, and investors of Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey have taken roles at federal agencies, helping direct billions in contracts to their companies.

Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African genocide

May 14, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok appeared to experience a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to dozens of posts on X with information about genocide in South Africa, even when the user didn’t ask anything about the subject. The strange responses largely came from the X account for Grok, which replies to users…

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company might be in line for an Amtrak contract

May 13, 2025

Federal railroad regulators are in talks with Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company (TBC), over a multi-billion Amtrak project, according to The New York Times. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the NYT reports that Federal Railroad Administration officials have spoken with TBC to learn whether the Musk-owned company could save the agency money…

Trump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI training

May 11, 2025

President Donald Trump has fired Shira Perlmutter, who leads the U.S. Copyright Office. The firing was reported by CBS News and Politico, and seemingly confirmed by a statement from Representative Joe Morelle, the top Democrat on the Committee for House Administration. “Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power…

SpaceX’s Starlink has become a big benefactor of Trump’s tariff trade war, leaked memos show

May 7, 2025

SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, is directly benefiting from the Trump administration’s tariff trade war, according to leaked State Department memos obtained by the Washington Post. The memos show the U.S. pushing countries to adopt Starlink. Some show that countries believe that doing so could help lubricate their U.S. trade and tariff negotiations. One memo…

Musk clashes with neighbors in exclusive Austin suburb

May 5, 2025

Elon Musk may have a sizable fan base, but residents of the upscale Austin suburb of West Lake Hills, Texas, are unimpressed by their celebrity neighbor, reports the New York Times. Instead, a $6 million home Musk purchased in 2022 has become the center of a battle after his team erected an unauthorized 16-foot chain-link…

Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the US government. Tesla is taking the hit.

May 5, 2025

Elon Musk has long been credited with turning Tesla into a beacon of innovation, the visionary who pushed the world into an era of electrification. But his slide into politics — specifically his alignment with President Trump and activities within the federal government — has dragged Tesla into uncertainty. For many would-be Tesla buyers, the…

Tesla sales continue to slump across Europe despite April EV sales swell

May 5, 2025

Tesla’s new car sales in Spain fell 36% in April to just 571 vehicles year-over-year, Reuters reports. That slump comes as sales of electric cars made by other brands rose in the Iberian country. Tesla sales in Spain mirror those in Europe generally, which plunged in the first four months of the year by 37.2%,…

Tesla’s board reportedly sought a successor while Musk wheeled around Washington

May 1, 2025

According to a new, brow-raising WSJ report, Tesla’s board quietly began searching for Elon Musk’s potential successor about a month ago, approaching executive search firms as the carmaker faced protests, plummeting sales, and shrinking profits while Musk waded into Washington to slash government spending. Board members reportedly met with Musk to express concerns about his…

Tesla’s board reportedly sought a successor while Musk wheeled around Washington

April 30, 2025

Musk’s xAI Holdings is reportedly raising the second-largest private funding round ever

April 26, 2025

Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings is in talks to raise $20 billion in fresh funding, potentially valuing the AI and social media combo at over $120 billion, according to a new Bloomberg report that says talks are in the “early stages.” If successful, the deal would constitute the the second-largest startup funding round ever, behind only…

Tesla begins ‘FSD Supervised’ ride-hail tests with employees in Austin, Bay Area

April 23, 2025

Tesla has started testing its autonomous ride-hail service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area ahead of the company’s planned robotaxi launch this summer. “FSD Supervised ride-hailing service is live for an early set of employees in Austin & San Francisco Bay Area,” the company posted Wednesday on X. FSD stands for “Full Self-Driving,”…

Anti-Musk protests are now an official risk to Tesla’s business

April 23, 2025

Protests against Elon Musk and Tesla have been spreading around the world thanks to the CEO’s involvement in the Trump administration. Now those protests are listed in an official “risk factor” in paperwork Tesla is required to file with federal regulators. The new language, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday morning, shows…

Elon Musk says he may keep doing DOGE work for ‘the remainder’ of Trump’s term

April 22, 2025

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he may keep doing work with the Department of Government Efficiency through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s second term, amid calls for him to step away from politics. Musk said he plans to reduce his role with DOGE to a “day or two” per week starting next month, “or…

Tesla profits drop 71% on weak sales and anti-Elon Musk sentiment

April 22, 2025

Tesla’s flailing sales figures have put the company closer to the red than it has been in years, according to financial results released Tuesday, threatening one of its biggest advantages over other EV players. The electric automaker reported $409 million in net income on $19.3 billion in revenue after delivering almost 337,000 EVs in the…

Tesla earnings Q1 2025: What we’re watching for

April 22, 2025

This might be the most hyped Tesla earnings in recent memory. And not for all the right reasons. Tesla has taken many hits this year as its CEO Elon Musk leans further into right-wing politics and oversees DOGE, the advisory body that President Trump has bestowed the power to slash federal spending. For Tesla, that…

Crosswalks hacked to play fake audio of Musk, Zuck, and Jeff Bezos

April 22, 2025

“Stop, look, and listen” is the standard advice we should allow follow when crossing the road – but pedestrians in some parts are finding that they cannot believe their ears – after a hacker compromised crosswalks to play deepfake audio mocking tech bosses Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos. Read more in my article…

Tesla reportedly delays launch of new low-cost model by months

April 21, 2025

Tesla is pushing back the promised launch of a more affordable EV by months, according to a report from Reuters. The new model, which is supposedly a very stripped-down Model Y, was supposed to debut in the first half of this year but now might not come until late 2025 or early 2026, states the…

Whistleblower: Musk’s DOGE Stole Data, Caused Breach at U.S. Agency

April 16, 2025

A whistleblower in the NLRB said in sworn testimony that staffers within the Musk-led DOGE group breached agency systems, exfiltrated sensitive data, and used tools and techniques similar to those wielded by cybercriminals to hide their actions. The post Whistleblower: Musk’s DOGE Stole Data, Caused Breach at U.S. Agency appeared first on Security Boulevard.

TechCrunch Mobility: Jeff Bezos backs a secretive EV startup and Lucid snaps up Nikola’s assets

April 11, 2025

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. If there is one certainty in this uncertain moment, it’s this: U.S. tariff policy is likely to change again. As of Friday morning, there…

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Ireland’s data regulator investigates X’s use of European user data to train Grok

April 11, 2025

Ireland’s data regulator, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), said Friday that it has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the social media platform’s use of personal data collected from European users to train Grok. The DPC will investigate how X processes personal data “comprised” in publicly accessible posts by European users for the…

Hacked documents reveal guide to serving Elon Musk on private jets

April 11, 2025

A recent breach of Berkshire Hathaway-owned private jet company NetJets has revealed a guide for flight attendants serving Elon Musk, per a Bloomberg report. The memo offers an interesting glimpse into the personal preferences of the world’s richest man. Some of the preferences are surprising for the CEO of Tesla, a company dedicated to sustainability.…

Tesla used car listings skyrocketed in March

April 10, 2025

A growing number of Tesla owners are putting their used vehicles up for sale, as consumers react to Elon Musk’s political activities and the global protests they have fueled. In March, the number of used Tesla vehicles listed for sale on Autotrader.com skyrocketed, Sherwood News reported, citing data from Autotrader parent company Cox Automotive. The…

NHTSA’s self-driving safety staff reportedly ‘disproportionally affected’ by DOGE cuts

April 10, 2025

The cuts that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency made at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in February “disproportionately affected” employees working on vehicle automation safety, according to The Financial Times. That division was formed in 2023 and therefore included a number of staffers who were still in their initial probationary hiring period, which…

OpenAI countersues Elon Musk, calls for enjoinment from ‘further unlawful and unfair action’

April 9, 2025

The dramatic tiff between OpenAI and its estranged co-founder, billionaire Elon Musk, shows no sign of letting up. In a filing on Wednesday, attorneys for OpenAI and other defendants in the case, including CEO Sam Altman, called for Musk to be enjoined from “further unlawful and unfair action” and “held responsible for the damage he…

DOGE reportedly planning a hackathon to build ‘mega API’ for IRS data

April 5, 2025

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to host a hackathon next week focused on the creation of a “mega API” that will provide access to taxpayer data, according to Wired. Wired says the hackathon is being organized by two DOGE staffers at the Internal Revenue Service — Gavin Kliger and Sam Corcos, who’s…

TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla takes a hit, tariff chaos begins, and one EV startup hits a milestone

April 4, 2025

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Over the 13 years reporting on Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, I have watched the rise, fall, near misses, and rise again of the company and…

Automakers jump on Tesla’s brand woes with discount EV offers

April 4, 2025

Tesla trade-ins in the U.S. are at an all time high as some owners become disillusioned with Elon Musk’s politics, and some just want to avoid their car getting keyed by Musk haters. Automakers are pouncing on the opportunity. Polestar, Lucid Motors, Volvo, and Ford — which have long trailed Tesla in EV sales —…

Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the US government. Tesla is taking the hit.

April 3, 2025

Elon Musk has long been credited with turning Tesla into a beacon of innovation, the visionary who pushed the world into an era of electrification. But his slide into politics – specifically his alignment with President Trump and activities within the federal government – has dragged Tesla into uncertainty. For many would-be Tesla buyers, the…

Tesla records worst deliveries in two years amid Elon Musk backlash

April 2, 2025

Tesla recorded 336,681 deliveries, its worst quarterly performance in more than two years as the brand suffers a backlash to CEO Elon Musk’s political maneuverings. The dip in sales comes as Musk continues leading DOGE, the “advisory body” that has laid off thousands of federal employees and attempted to eliminate entire agencies and programs. His…

Elon Musk says xAI acquired X

March 29, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock deal, he announced in a post on X Friday. “xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction,” Musk said. “The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt).” Musk…

‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters are planning a global day of action on March 29, and things might get ugly

March 29, 2025

“Tesla Takedown” organizers have promised their biggest day of global action today, encouraging thousands to protest outside Tesla showrooms, dealerships, and even charging stations to peacefully object to Elon Musk’s role in slashing government spending. As Tesla protests have spread, so has the backlash. Activists holding up signs are being conflated with masked vandals throwing…

‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters are planning a global day of action on March 29, and things might get ugly

March 28, 2025

‘Tesla Takedown’ organizers have promised their biggest day of global action this weekend, encouraging thousands to protest outside Tesla showrooms, dealerships, and even charging stations to peacefully object to Elon Musk’s role in slashing government spending. As Tesla protests have spread, so has the backlash. Activists holding up signs are being conflated with masked vandals…

Elon Musk says xAI acquired X

March 28, 2025

Inside the Rivian skunkworks program, and Trump’s gift to Tesla

March 28, 2025

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Before we jump into the transportation news of the week, it’s worth pointing you to a couple of articles that are focused on Elon Musk, the CEO…

TechCrunch Mobility: Inside the Rivian skunkworks program, and Trump’s gift to Tesla

March 28, 2025

Trump’s auto tariffs are a gift to Tesla

March 27, 2025

President Trump is slapping 25% tariffs on all cars imported to the United States, including from our immediate North American neighbors. He’s also placed a 25% tariff on certain parts used to build cars. It’s a decision that will likely supercharge the cost of new and used cars, but it’s also a gift to Tesla,…

19 founders and VCs working with Elon Musk’s DOGE

March 26, 2025

Silicon Valley used to take a backseat to Washington, D.C. But now, the people disrupting technology have taken the wheel at the highest echelons of government. And that’s thanks, in large part, to the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE. Much reporting on DOGE has focused on its staffers’ ties to Musk, the billionaire bestie of…

SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment

March 26, 2025

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has allowed Chinese investors to buy stakes as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore hubs, according to reporting from ProPublica. SpaceX is a defense contractor for the Pentagon, one that handles sensitive work like building a classified spy satellite network. Investment from China…

One of Tesla’s top Wall Street supporters says Elon Musk faces a ‘moment of truth’

March 20, 2025

An analyst who is one of the biggest boosters of Tesla on Wall Street says Elon Musk is facing a “moment of truth” at his EV company because of a “crisis” he’s created by spending so much in the Trump administration. The analyst, Wedbush’s Dan Ives, pleaded with Musk in a note published Thursday to…

Elon Musk’s X reportedly bounces back to $44B valuation

March 19, 2025

Social media site X’s valuation has bounced back to $44 billion, according to a new report from the Financial Times. Elon Musk purchased the platform, formerly known as Twitter, for $44 billion back in 2022. However, a report from Bloomberg states that X has raised close to $1 billion from investors in a deal that…

Elon Musk’s DOGE leadership likely violates constitution’s appointments clause, judge says

March 18, 2025

Elon Musk’s role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency is likely a violation of the United States constitution’s appointments clause, a federal judge wrote Tuesday. Theodore Chuang, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, wrote in an opinion there is more than enough evidence — mostly from statements made by…

The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe

March 12, 2025

No, Elon — X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine

March 12, 2025

X marks the botnet: Outage outrage was a Ukrainian cyberattack, implies our favorite African billionaire comedy villain. The post No, Elon — X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Trump says he will label violence against Tesla as domestic terrorism

March 11, 2025

President Donald Trump said he will label violence against Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorism, per a transcript shared by the White House pool reporters, a sign of deepening ties with Elon Musk. “Tesla Takeovers” have been breaking out across the globe at Tesla dealerships as people protest what they see as a hostile takeover of…

X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it.

March 11, 2025

Social media service X was hit by a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks Monday, which rendered the platform formerly known as Twitter inaccessible at times for users with intermittent outages and errors, according to researchers. The cause of those attacks has been much harder to discern. Elon Musk, the site’s owner, described the incident as…

The AI Fix #41: Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists

March 11, 2025

In episode 41 of the AI Fix, our hosts learn that society needs to be completely reordered by December, Grok accuses Trump of being a Russian asset, Graham discovers that parents were wrong about computer games all along, and Mark wonders if a kung-fu kicking robot from Unitree is the hero that we need. Graham…

Elon Musk says DOGE involvement is making it harder to run his businesses

March 10, 2025

In an interview with Fox’s Larry Kudlow on Monday, billionaire Elon Musk admitted that his involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Donald Trump’s initiative to reduce federal spending, is making it tougher to run his many businesses: X, Tesla, xAI, SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Starlink. “How are you running your other businesses?”…

Musk may still have a chance to thwart OpenAI’s for-profit conversion

March 9, 2025

Elon Musk lost the latest battle in his lawsuit against OpenAI this week, but a federal judge appears to have given Musk — and others who oppose OpenAI’s for-profit conversion — reasons to be hopeful. Musk’s suit against OpenAI, which also names Microsoft and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as defendants, accuses OpenAI of abandoning its…

X now lets you query Grok by mentioning it in replies

March 7, 2025

X is actively working to expand the reach of xAI’s Grok model to more users on the platform. Multiple users noted today that people can now mention Grok in replies and ask a question to get an explanation about a post. Users of the Elon Musk-owned social media platform could already access Grok through a button…

Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?

March 6, 2025

At 49, Branden Spikes isn’t just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk’s most loyal employees. Here’s a closer look at…

The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe

February 25, 2025

DOGE has an official ‘acting’ administrator, and it’s not Elon Musk, White House confirms

February 25, 2025

FAA tests Starlink terminals as Musk claims Verizon tech is ‘not working’

February 25, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration has started testing the use of SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals in the national airspace system, nearly two years after Verizon was awarded a $2 billion contract to perform similar work. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk claimed on his social media platform X that the Verizon system “is not working…

DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment

February 24, 2025

Over the weekend, Elon Musk surveyed his followers on X — the platform he spent $44 billion to buy — asking whether federal employees should be required to send his team an email with a list of five things they accomplished this week. With the yes votes totaling over 70%, Musk followed through. Federal employees…

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Grok 3 appears to have briefly censored unflattering mentions of Trump and Musk

February 23, 2025

When billionaire Elon Musk introduced Grok 3, his AI company xAI’s latest flagship model, in a live stream last Monday, he described it as a “maximally truth-seeking AI.” Yet it appears that Grok 3 was briefly censoring unflattering facts about President Donald Trump — and Musk himself. Over the weekend, users on social media reported…

The fallout from HP’s Humane acquisition

February 22, 2025

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re looking at the internal chaos surrounding HP’s $116 million acquisition of AI Pin maker Humane; Mira Murati’s new AI venture coming out of stealth; Duolingo killing its iconic owl mascot with a Cybertruck; and more! Let’s get into it. Humane’s AI pin is dead. The hardware…

No, that’s not the acting head of the Social Security Administration. That’s a former CISA employee.

February 21, 2025

A longtime former employee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an agency in the midst of curtailing its anti-misinformation and disinformation work under President Donald Trump, has found himself being misidentified online as a key figure in another Trump administration battle. On social media and in some news outlets, Ross Foard, a former CISA…

Elon Musk’s DOGE comes for agency that regulates autonomous vehicles

February 21, 2025

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is firing nearly half of a small government team that regulates autonomous vehicles, the Washington Post reported. The firings are part of a broader 10% reduction at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as a result of firings of probationary workers and buyout offers, the Post reported, citing…

This Week in AI: Maybe we should ignore AI benchmarks for now

February 19, 2025

Welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter! We’re going on hiatus for a bit, but you can find all our AI coverage, including my columns, our daily analysis, and breaking news stories, at TechCrunch. If you want those stories and much more in your inbox every day, sign up for our daily newsletters here. This week, billionaire…

Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government “less dumb”

February 18, 2025

The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe

February 18, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3

February 17, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, late Monday night, along with new capabilities in the Grok apps for iOS and the web. Grok, xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini, can analyze images and respond to questions, and powers a number of features on Musk’s social network, X.…

Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center

February 17, 2025

The Trump Administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, reports CNN. The firings, which began late Friday night, come as Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been tapped to help create a new air traffic control system. It’s not yet clear how many workers were fired, but the…

X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers

February 17, 2025

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a link that’s used to contact them directly through the service. The blocks, which impact direct messages, public posts, and profile pages, were first spotted by the blog Disruptionist. …

How this weekend’s ‘Tesla Takeover’ protests against Elon Musk came together on Bluesky

February 14, 2025

As Elon Musk and his acolytes rip through the federal government looking for agencies to throw into the “wood chipper,” a grassroots effort to hit the world’s richest man where it hurts is picking up steam. The courts are busy contesting the actions of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the judicial system is slow…

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, said to be in talks to raise $10B

February 14, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is said to be in talks to raise $10 billion in a round that would value xAI at $75 billion. Bloomberg reported Friday that xAI is canvassing existing investors, including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Valor Equity Partners for the round, which would bring xAI’s total raised to $22.4 billion,…

Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details

February 13, 2025

Elon Musk will withdraw bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit if its board agrees to terms

February 13, 2025

In a court filing on Wednesday, a lawyer for Elon Musk said the billionaire will withdraw his $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit if the ChatGPT maker’s board of directors “preserve the charity’s mission” and halt its conversion to a for-profit corporation. The filing, submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…

This Week in AI: Musk bids for OpenAI

February 12, 2025

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The billionaires are fighting again. On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. In response to Musk’s offer, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman earlier Monday authored a…

A woman in China sued Tesla after complaining of faulty brakes — now she’s paying Tesla $23K

February 12, 2025

As per an investigation by the Associated Press (AP), Tesla has won a defamation lawsuit against one individual called Zhang Yazhou, who in February 2021 was a passenger in a Tesla Model 3 car that allegedly crashed due to faulty brakes, resulting in a four-day hospital stay for both her parents. Following the accident, Zhang…

Federal workers sue Elon Musk and DOGE to cut off data access

February 11, 2025

How Musk’s $97.4B bid could gum up OpenAI’s for-profit conversion

February 11, 2025

On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited buyout would be financed by Musk’s AI company, xAI, and a consortium of outside investors, per a letter sent to California and Delaware’s attorneys general. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly dismissed Musk’s bid,…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls Musk’s bid an attempt to ‘slow us down’

February 11, 2025

In an interview at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk’s unsolicited $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit as “an attempt to slow [OpenAI] down.” “[Musk] obviously is a competitor,” Altman said. “He’s raised a lot of money for [his AI company] xAI, and they’re trying to…

These are the investors funding Musk’s $97 billion OpenAI takeover attempt

February 10, 2025

As if Elon Musk doesn’t have enough going on, a consortium of investors led by him announced plans Monday for what appears to be a hostile takeover of OpenAI. The investor group offered nearly $97.4 billion to buy all of OpenAI’s assets and is “prepared to consider matching or exceeding higher bids,” it said in…

Elon Musk led-team submits $97.4B bid for OpenAI

February 10, 2025

A team of investors led by Elon Musk submitted a $97.6 billion bid to purchase OpenAI on Monday. The news comes by way of Musk’s lawyer, Marc Toberoff, who confirmed the news with The Wall Street Journal. The unsolicited bid is the latest escalation by Musk in his war with co-founder Sam Altman, as Altman…

Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’

February 7, 2025

Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities should have precluded him from gaining the necessary security clearances to do so. As today’s story explores, the DOGE teen is a…

Trump admin freezes EV charging program that gave Tesla millions

February 7, 2025

The Department of Transportation has paused funding for a $5 billion EV charging infrastructure program that Tesla has received at least $31 million from. The move is widely viewed to be illegal. It’s the latest attempt from the Trump administration to hack away at federally funded renewable energy projects around the country, a clear priority…

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