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Elon Musk threatens to ban iPhones over Apple's OpenAI integration
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Elon Musk threatens to ban iPhones over Apple’s OpenAI integration

Elon Musk issued a stern warning about banning iPhones from all his companies following Apple’s announcement of its integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which was revealed at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2024 on Monday. In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI stated that if Apple integrates OpenAI […]

Musk to resign from Trump govt amid backlash, Tesla shares crash
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Musk AI startup xAI raises $6b, now valued at $24b

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has raised $6 billion in a Series B funding round, boosting its post-money valuation to $24 billion. This is as investors place significant bets on emerging competitors to companies like OpenAI in the escalating AI race. The funding round attracted major investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, according to […]

Elon Musk adds image processor to AI chatbot
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Elon Musk adds image processor to AI chatbot

Elon Musk’s rival to OpenAI, xAI, has debuted a feature capable of processing visual data in the AI chatbot, Grok. Dubbed Grok-1.5V, this is xAI’s first multimodal AI model, adept not only at text comprehension but also at analyzing “documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots, and photographs.” In its announcement, xAI showcased several practical applications of Grok’s […]

US court revives lawsuit against Elon Musk over child porn content
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AI will be smarter by humans next year – Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made bold predictions about the advancement of artificial intelligence. Musk stated that he anticipated the development of AI surpassing human intelligence, possibly as early as next year or by 2026 during a comprehensive interview on X spaces. Addressing Nicolai Tangen, CEO of the Norway wealth fund, Musk emphasized the limitations of […]

Mark Zuckerberg beats Elon Musk in billionaire rankings
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Mark Zuckerberg beats Elon Musk in billionaire rankings

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has surpassed Tech billionaire Elon Musk in wealth, claiming the third spot on the global billionaire rankings. This marks the first time since 2020 that these rival billionaires have held these positions. Musk, who recently topped the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, slipped to fourth place after reports of Tesla Inc. canceling plans […]

Elon Musk blames 'Supervillain-Level' cyberattack for X outage
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Musk’s X grants blue checks to influential users

X is now granting complimentary blue checks to users with over 2,500 “verified” followers, individuals subscribed to X Premium. While this move delights some popular posters, not everyone welcomes the blue check status. Many users are hastily posting to clarify that they did not purchase the blue check; rather, it was bestowed upon them. Tom […]

xAI blames “unauthorized modification” for Grok’s repeated 'white genocide' responses
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Elon Musk updates AI chatbot Xai

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, X.ai, has unveiled its latest generative AI model, Grok-1.5, set to enhance the capabilities of social network X’s Grok chatbot in the near future. Described as a significant improvement over its predecessor, Grok-1, Grok-1.5 boasts enhanced reasoning abilities, particularly in coding and math-related tasks. Benchmark results and specifications published by X […]

Musk's xAI to enable chatbot for premium X subscribers
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Musk’s xAI to enable chatbot for premium X subscribers

Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that xAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, will now be available to all premium subscribers of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. This disclosure came through a post on X, although Musk withheld further details. Notably, Grok was previously accessible only to Premium+ subscribers. Amidst a shifting landscape […]

Musk's Neuralink livestreams brain-chip patient's chess win
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Musk’s Neuralink livestreams brain-chip patient’s chess win

Elon Musk’s brain-chip venture Neuralink on Wednesday, broadcasted its livestream of a patient utilizing a chip implanted in his brain to engage in online chess using his mind. Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old individual paralyzed below the shoulder due to a diving accident, maneuvered a chess game on his laptop by manipulating the cursor with the […]

xAI blames “unauthorized modification” for Grok’s repeated 'white genocide' responses
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Elon Musk’s xAI to open-source chatbot Grok, rivals ChatGPT

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is set to open-source Grok, its chatbot that rivals ChatGPT, later this week. Grok was released by xAI last year, equipped with features such as access to “real-time” information and perspectives that challenge a “politically correct” approach. The service is currently available to customers subscribing to X’s $16 monthly plan. […]

X to launch long-form video on smart TVs soon
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X to launch long-form video on smart TVs soon

Billionaire Elon Musk announced that long-form videos will soon be accessible on smart televisions, following reports from Fortune magazine indicating that social network X is planning to launch a TV app for Amazon and Samsung users next week. Last October, the platform introduced an early version of video and audio calling for select users, aligning […]

Smart TVs will eventually offer X's Long-Form Videos - Elon Musk
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Smart TVs will eventually offer X’s Long-Form Videos – Elon Musk

The billionaire, Elon Musk, stated that “Long-form movies will soon be accessible on smart TVs. This comes after Fortune magazine revealed that social network X intended to release a TV app for Samsung and Amazon customers the following week. After Musk stated “He intended to transform the platform into a super app with features like […]