Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video
Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?
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Iggy Azalea GOES OFF on Elon Musk After Streamer Calls Him a “Genius”
Iggy Azalea heavily disputed the praise for Elon Musk during an intense discussion with streamer Neon. She questioned Musk’s reputation and disputed that Musk had founded Tesla. In the video,… The ...
Elon Musk's Terafab: What It Is, and the 2 Stocks That Give You Exposure Right Now
Elon Musk introduced his "Terafab" vision last week.
India denies Elon Musk joined Modi-Trump call on Iran crisis
Previously, it was reported that Tesla titan joined a phone call between Trump and Modi to discuss the evolving crisis in the Middle East ...
Elon Musk Has His Sights Set On A Texas City For Another High-Tech Underground Tunnel
Elon Musk is bringing the Boring Company's underground tunnels to this popular Texas city alongside three other new locations in the U.S. and overseas.
SXSW rebounds as a top networking, ideas festival for founders and VCs
SXSW made some changes this year, but some founders loved it all the same.
Recap: Europe’s top funding rounds this week (23–29 March)
A week that spanned semiconductor physics, orbital logistics, defence interceptors, and carob-based chocolate tells you something about the breadth of European and European adjacent capital right now. The dominant thread is not a single sector but a single instinct: back the infrastructure layer, whether that means chip interconnects, satellite transfer vehicles, or the AI plumbing […]This story continues at The Next Web
Inside the fallout between Gavin Newsom and Elon Musk, as their war of words gets worse by the day
In February 2023 California governor Gavin Newsom and Elon Musk stood side by side at a press conference celebrating Tesla’s new AI innovation lab in Palo Alto. They traded jokes about a $100,000 ...
Elon Musk 'Starved The Balance Sheet' At Tesla Post-IPO To Keep Employees Sharp, Says Former TSLA President McNeill
Former Tesla Inc. president Jon McNeill revealed that after its 2010 IPO, Elon Musk intentionally “starved the balance sheet,” often keeping only enough cash on hand to last a single quarter to avoid complacency. Tesla Operated on Minimal Cash Speaking on TBPN with John Coogan and Jordi Hays, McNeill explained that Tesla sometimes had less than three weeks of net cash once payables were included. Musk believed that operating so close to financial risk forced the team to stay focused and discipli
Trump and Modi Had a Call About the Iran War. Elon Musk Joined Them.
Mr. Musk’s participation was notable because it is rare for a private citizen to be on a call between heads of state. It also ...
Elon Musk Cut Federal Workers. Then Offered to Pay Them. The White House Said No
On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on X that he wanted “to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse ...
Elon Musk Quietly Joins Trump-Modi Iran War Call In Washington
Elon Musk was reportedly patched into a high-stakes phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that focused on the war in Iran, an unexpected cameo that is ...
Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds
Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.
Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE
While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration.
Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice
While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.
All 11 xAI co-founders have now reportedly left Elon Musk’s AI company
Every co-founder Elon Musk recruited to build xAI has now reportedly left the company. Manuel Kroiss, who led the pretraining team, told people this month that he was departing. Ross Nordeen, described by Business Insider as Musk’s “right-hand operator,” left on Friday. They were the last two of eleven co-founders, all of whom have exited […]This story continues at The Next Web
Meta’s new prescription Ray-Ban smart glasses are a distribution play, not a technology leap
Meta is preparing to launch two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models designed specifically for prescription wearers, according to a Bloomberg report published on Thursday. The models, codenamed Scriber and Blazer, were first spotted in Federal Communications Commission filings and are expected to reach consumers as early as next week. They do not represent a new […]This story continues at The Next Web
Kandou AI raises $225 million to bet that copper can outlast the optical revolution
Kandou AI, a Swiss semiconductor company that builds chip-to-chip interconnect technology, has raised $225 million in what it calls a Series A round, led by Maverick Silicon with strategic participation from SoftBank, Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems, and Alchip Technologies. The round values the company at $400 million. The label is worth pausing on: Kandou was […]This story continues at The Next Web
Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI
All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.