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Elon Musk is the CEO and founder of electric vehicle (EV) car maker Tesla and private space technology major SpaceX. He is the richest men in the world, after Tesla stock zoomed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Musk's personal net worth reached more than $188.5 billion, past Amazon.com Inc.’s top boss Jeff Bezos in January, Bloomberg News reported. He has a 20 percent stake in the carmaker and about $42 billion of unrealized paper gains on vested stock options. Musk, who co-founded and sold Internet payments company PayPal Holdings Inc., now leads some of the most futuristic companies in the world. Besides Tesla, he heads SpaceX and Neuralink, a startup that is developing ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect the human brain to computers. He set up the Boring Company to make affordable tunnels below busy city streets for an all-electric public transportation system to avoid the nasty traffic jams in US cities. Another of Musk's pet ventures is Starlink. In August, Elon Musk announced SpaceX has shipped 1 lakh Starlink terminals so far. Starlink plans to deploy thousands of low-orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet to isolated and poorly connected areas. The billionaire entrepreneur is also known for his crypto endorsements. He reiterated holdings in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin, and closely watches the cryptocurrency space and tweets his observations regularly. More

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  • Elon Musk says Grok needs 'moral constitution' amid backlash over explicit AI-generated images

    Elon Musk shared on X that Grok must follow moral rules to avoid misuse, after the chatbot was linked to inappropriate images.

  • Elon Musk promises dramatic revelations as legal fight with OpenAI heats up

    Elon Musk has warned of explosive revelations as his lawsuit against OpenAI heads to trial, reigniting a public feud with CEO Sam Altman over the company’s shift from its non-profit roots.

  • Elon Musk seeks up to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft

    The claim centres on allegations that OpenAI abandoned its non-profit mission and misled Elon Musk, one of its co-founders, while partnering closely with Microsoft.

  • Elon Musk’s Grok controversy: Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over explicit deepfake images

    Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s AI company xAI, alleging Grok allowed the creation of nonconsensual explicit deepfake images and caused her emotional distress.

  • Want to live forever? Elon Musk has an AI plan that could preserve your story forever

    Elon Musk claims immortality may soon be possible through AI and space. His new idea involves storing human life stories in an AI-powered encyclopedia that could travel beyond Earth and last forever.

  • Elon Musk’s X says it has stopped Grok from editing images of real people in bikinis and explicit attire

    X says it has restricted Grok’s image tools to prevent edits involving real people in bikinis or explicit attire, adding safeguards, geoblocking in some regions, and limiting image features to paid users.

  • XAI blocks Grok from creating sexualized images of real people

    The changes apply to all users on X, including premium subscribers, the company said

  • Why Elon Musk seeks custody of his son with influencer Ashley St. Clair?

    Elon Musk said he will seek full custody of his one-year-old son with Ashley St. Clair, citing concerns over her public comments on gender identity, though no court filing has yet appeared.

  • From Iran to Venezuela to Ukraine: How Elon Musk's Starlink became a quiet force in wars, protests and fight for internet access

    There is currently no international legal framework governing how privately owned satellite networks should operate during wars or political crises.

  • 'This is an unreasonable...', Elon Musk reacts to Apple-Google AI deal

    Elon Musk has publicly criticised Apple’s newly confirmed AI partnership with Google, warning that letting Gemini power future Siri features gives Google excessive influence across mobile platforms. The remarks come as Musk’s xAI remains locked in legal battles with Apple and OpenAI.

  • Iran knocks out Elon Musk's Starlink with 'kill switch' as protests rage: Did China or Russia provide the technology?

    With reports suggesting that more than 500 people have been killed and thousands arrested, the regime has moved aggressively to silence dissent by imposing sweeping internet restrictions.

  • Elon Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days

    Last month, the European Union levied a 120 million euro ($140 million) fine on X, with regulators saying the company breached its transparency obligations under the bloc's Digital Services Act

  • Elon Musk calls UK ‘fascist’ as row over X’s Grok AI images escalates

    The UK watchdog responsible for flagging online child sexual-abuse material to law enforcement agencies said it had found “criminal” images on the dark web allegedly generated by Grok.

  • Elon Musk vs OpenAI set for jury trial after judge rejects dismissal bid

    A US federal judge has signalled that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman will go to trial, rejecting attempts by Altman’s lawyers to shut the case down early.

  • Reply not adequate: Govt asks X for specific action, preventive steps taken in Grok AI obscene content issue

    The IT Ministry has now sought more details from X, including action taken and steps to prevent it in future.

  • Grok obscene AI content: X submits response, IT Ministry examining it, say sources

    On Sunday, X's 'Safety' handle said it takes action against illegal content on its platform, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary.

  • Elon Musk cautions Nvidia’s Rubin AI chips will take months to scale despite CES 2026 hype

    Elon Musk has tempered the excitement around Nvidia’s Rubin AI chips unveiled at CES 2026, warning that real-world deployment will take time. While acknowledging Rubin’s technical ambition, Musk suggested it could be months before the hardware and software stack are ready to scale reliably.

  • xAI raises $20 billion in Series E as Elon Musk doubles down on compute-first AI strategy

    Elon Musk’s xAI has closed a massive $20 billion Series E funding round, blowing past its original $15 billion target and signalling renewed investor confidence in a compute-heavy approach to artificial intelligence. The round ranks among the largest private fundraises in tech history and underlines how capital-intensive the next phase of AI development has become.

  • Elon Musk’s xAI closed $20 billion funding with Nvidia backing

    XAI, which did not specify individual investment amounts or break out debt or equity portions of the round, said investors also include Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Co., MGX and Baron Capital Group.

  • Elon Musk shares viral Diddy-Maduro meme after Venezuelan president’s capture

    Elon Musk jumped into the online chatter by sharing a meme that quickly started doing the rounds. It was his way of reacting to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and it showed how fast serious world events can turn into internet humour. Jokes, edits and sarcastic posts began spreading almost as quickly as the news itself.

  • Grok in trouble: Musk-linked influencer says AI turned her childhood photos into fake images

    A personal feud involving Elon Musk stepped into the spotlight this week after a woman claiming to share a child with the billionaire accused his AI chatbot of generating inappropriate images from her own childhood. The controversy has reignited a wider debate about deepfake technology, online consent and the limits of artificial intelligence.

  • Why is Elon Musk’s ‘Gitmo on a donkey’ post going viral after US captures Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro?

    Elon Musk’s old threat to take Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro to “Gitmo on a donkey” resurfaced and went viral online after US forces captured the Venezuelan president in a dramatic operation.

  • Elon Musk doesn't want Bill Gates to babysit his kids: Here’s why

    An old video of Elon Musk saying he wouldn’t trust Bill Gates to babysit his kids is viral again. The remark links back to Gates’ past ties with Jeffrey Epstein and their ongoing feud over USAID.

  • Elon Musk reacts to Grok creating inappropriate images: 'Anyone using Grok to make...'

    Elon Musk has pushed back against criticism of X’s AI chatbot Grok, saying users who generate illegal content using the tool will face the same consequences as those who upload unlawful material directly. His comments come amid a sharp warning from the Indian government over the spread of obscene and AI-generated content on the platform.

  • Elon Musk laughed at BYD as a competitor in 2011, now BYD has sold more EVs than Tesla in 2025

    An old 2011 video of Elon Musk dismissing BYD has resurfaced after new 2025 data showed BYD sold more electric vehicles globally than Tesla, sparking reactions online.

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