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Online bettors mint money on Elon Musk's misses
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (1101+ words) There's a popular saying among fans of tech billionaire Elon Musk: Never bet against him. But in the booming world of online prediction markets, some people are not only betting against Musk, but also bringing in big paydays doing so....
Grok AI model still generating sexualized content after changes
2+ week, 1+ day ago (191+ words) On Elon Musk's social media platform X, the Grok AI image generation reply bot has been changed to be for paying customers only and appears to be restricted from making sexualized deepfakes after recent outcry. But in the Grok standalone…...
Musk's X limits AI sexual deepfakes, Grok app still makes them
2+ week, 2+ day ago (659+ words) Elon Musk's controversial Grok artificial intelligence model appears to have been restricted on one app, while remaining largely unchanged on another. On Musk's social media app X, the Grok AI image generation feature has been made for paying customers only…...
The mother of one of Elon Musk's children says his AI bot won't stop creating sexualized images of her
2+ week, 5+ day ago (618+ words) Morning Rundown: Allies warn Trump over Greenland threats, flu doctor visits hit highest level in decades, and a mystery online bet predicted Maduro's removal When Ashley St. Clair asked Grok, the generative artificial intelligence reply bot built into the X…...
Tesla loses title as world's biggest EV maker as sales fall for second year in a row
3+ week, 1+ day ago (520+ words) Tesla lost its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk's right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a…...
Elon Musk wins appeal to restore his 2018 Tesla pay deal worth $56 billion
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (388+ words) Elon Musk's 2018 pay package from Tesla, once worth $56 billion, was restored by the Delaware Supreme Court on Friday, two years after a lower court struck down the compensation deal as "unfathomable." The ruling overturns a decision that had prompted a…...
More couch surfing, fewer Canadians: How U.S. travel is changing this holiday season
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1009+ words) A record number of Americans will travel this weekend, packing up their bags and hitting the road to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family, friends and maybe some football. But travel this year will look different than it did 12 months…...
A month of Elon Musk on X: Conspiracy theories, fringe politics and self-promotion
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1356+ words) Elon Musk can't stop posting about the political fringe. Musk posted about all those topics and more in a recent one-month period, during which NBC News tracked and analyzed all of his posts for an in-depth look at where the…...
Elon Musk announces massive xAI data center in Saudi Arabia
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (356+ words) BREAKING: DOJ admits not all grand jury members saw the final version of the indictment against James Comey Elon Musk, CEO of xAI and Tesla, announced a massive new data center project in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as Saudi Crown…...
Waymo says its self-driving taxis will take customers on freeways for the first time
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (926+ words) SAN BRUNO, Calif. " The self-driving car company Waymo said Wednesday it would begin offering rides on freeways for robotaxi customers in Los Angeles, Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area in a significant step forward for autonomous vehicles. Previously, Waymo…...