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Elon Musk seeks custody of son after Ashley St. Clair's pro-transgender post

Elon Musk said he'd file for full custody of his son with influencer Ashley St. Clair after she made a post supporting the ...

This is why Elon Musk thinks you shouldn’t save for retirement

Americans go to great lengths to ensure they are financially set for their later years. But if you’re asking Elon Musk, you ...

Ilhan Omar Rips Elon Musk Over 'Laughable' Error: 'One Of The Dumbest People On Earth'

The tech billionaire appeared to give Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) the easiest layup of her career by amplifying an easily ...

Elon Musk’s chatbot, Grok, comes under fire for nude deepfakes

A fine from Ofcom would be noticeable, but not a disaster for the deep-pocketed Mr Musk. For serious breaches of the Online ...

Tesla’s profit engine is sputtering. Elon Musk has bet its future on a promise he’s far from delivering

Tesla’s robotaxi service has been mostly hypothetical so far, but it’s certainly taking the company’s shareholders for a real ...

UK targets Elon Musk’s X with fines and possible ban over Grok deepfake abuse

The U.K.'s communications regulator, Ofcom, launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X platform following reports of ...

Elon Musk says saving for retirement is irrelevant because AI is going to create a world of abundance: 'It won't matter'

​Musk’s comments build on his earlier claims that AI and humanoid robots will make work “optional” within 10 to 20 years and ...

Elon Musk Provides Starlink in Iran Amid Uprising, Protest Deaths

Elon Musk has provided free Starlink in Iran as government crackdowns on demonstrations continue, according to a report from ...

Pentagon is embracing Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

The announcement comes just days after Grok drew global outcry and scrutiny for generating highly sexualized deepfake images ...

Mom of one of Elon Musk's kids says AI chatbot Grok generated sexual deepfake images of her: "Make it stop"

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, alleges Grok generated and published sexual deepfake images of her without permission.

New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exception

New York City will be a notable exclusion from proposed legislation to legalize commercial robotaxis across the state.

Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up

The tech giant has pledged to be a "good neighbor" as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure throughout the country.

This new, dead simple prompt technique boosts accuracy on LLMs by up to 76% on non-reasoning tasks

In the chaotic world of Large Language Model (LLM) optimization, engineers have spent the last few years developing increasingly esoteric rituals to get better answers. We’ve seen "Chain of Thought" (asking the model to think step-by-step and often, show those "reasoning traces" to the user), "Emotional Blackmail" (telling the model its career depends on the answer, or that it is being accused of sexual misconduct), and complex multi-shot prompting frameworks.But a

A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrong

A consumer economics watchdog says Google's new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more for items. Google denies this.

Ammobia says it has reinvented a century-old technology

The startup has a new take on the Haber-Bosch process used o make ammonia. If Ammobia can deliver, it could change industries from power generation to maritime shipping.

Ring founder details the camera company’s ‘intelligent assistant’ era

AI is ushering in Ring’s next chapter, as the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker shifts toward becoming an “intelligent assistant.”

Man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system

A 24-year-old from Tennessee is expected to admit to accessing the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization dozens of times throughout 2023.

Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare – but maybe not as a chatbot

OpenAI and Anthropic have each launched healthcare-focused products over the last week.

Why Egnyte keeps hiring junior engineers despite the rise of AI coding tools

Egnyte, the $1.5 billion cloud content governance company, has embedded AI coding tools across its global team of more than 350 developers — but not to reduce headcount. Instead, the company continues to hire junior engineers, using AI to accelerate onboarding, deepen codebase understanding, and shorten the path from junior to senior contributor. The approach challenges a dominant 2025 narrative that automation will replace developers, showing instead how enterprises are using AI to scale engine

Material Raises $7.1M Seed Round & $1.25M Air Force Contract

For decades, battery manufacturing has stood still despite advances in battery chemistry. SOSV portfolio company and HAX startup development program graduate Material has raised $7.1 million in Seed funding, co-led by Outlander VC and Harpoon Ventures, with participation from GoAhead Ventures, Myelin VC, Demos Capital and Giant Step Capital, to break this stagnation and usher in a new era of energy design.MATERIAL’s proprietary HYBRID3D technology prints energy directly into a component of any s