Elon Musk News Updates

Business, Technology, Autonomous

Elon Musk Plans Startup to Rival OpenAI, Report Says

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is making plans for an artificial intelligence startup that will rival OpenAI, according to the Financial Times.

April 14, 2023
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Elon Musk, Scientists Call for Pause in AI Race

Artificial intelligence experts and industry leaders, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are calling on developers to hit the pause button on training powerful AI models.

March 29, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

DOT Investigating Elon Musk’s Neuralink Over Hazardous Shipping Claim

The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink Corp., after an animal rights group said it obtained emails suggesting the startup did not follow proper procedure when shipping possibly hazardous materials.

February 9, 2023
Government, Business

Musk’s Tesla Tweets Didn’t Defraud Investors, Jury Says

SAN FRANCISCO — A jury on Feb. 3 decided Elon Musk didn’t defraud investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla.

February 6, 2023
Government, Business

Closing Arguments in Tesla Trial Keep Musk Center Stage

Elon Musk’s lawyer told a jury the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer has been ā€œfalsely accusedā€ of defrauding investors and argued that the billionaire is not a ā€œfire-breathing tweeting monster.ā€

February 3, 2023
Government, Business

Tesla Investors Lost $12 Billion After Musk Tweet, Experts Tell Jury

Tesla Inc. investors lost $12 billion over 10 days as a result of Elon Musk’s famous tweet in 2018 that he had ā€œfunding securedā€ to take the company private, a witness testified at a trial over the CEO’s liability.

February 1, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Tesla Gets Justice Department Subpoena for Self-Driving Features

The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla Inc. related to its Autopilot and ā€œFull Self-Drivingā€ features, according to a regulatory filing.

January 31, 2023
Government, Business, Technology

Musk Returns for Day 3 of Tesla Investors Trial

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk returned to the stand for a third day on Jan. 24 in federal court in San Francisco to testify in a trial stemming from a class action lawsuit.

January 24, 2023
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Musk Oversaw Video That Exaggerated Tesla’s Self-Driving, Emails Show

Elon Musk oversaw the creation of a 2016 video that exaggerated the abilities of Tesla Inc.’s driver-assistance system Autopilot, even dictating the opening text that claimed the company’s car drove itself.

January 19, 2023
Government, Business

Jury Selection Begins for Musk’s Tesla Tweets Trial

A Silicon Valley judge began questioning potential jurors Jan. 17 to hear allegations that Elon Musk cheated Tesla investors by claiming in a 2018 tweet that he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private.

January 17, 2023