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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
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

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
GovernmentBusiness

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
GovernmentBusiness

Closing Arguments in Tesla Trial Keep Musk Center Stage

Elon Musk’s lawyer told a jury the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer has been “falsely accused” of defrauding investors and argued that the billionaire is not a “fire-breathing tweeting monster.”

February 3, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

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 “funding secured” to take the company private, a witness testified at a trial over the CEO’s liability.

February 1, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

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 “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing.

January 31, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

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
BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

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
GovernmentBusiness

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
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

Feds Review Musk Tweet About Disabling Driver Monitoring

A tweet from Elon Musk indicating that Tesla might allow some owners who are testing a “Full Self-Driving” system to disable an alert that reminds them to keep their hands on the steering wheel has drawn attention from U.S. safety regulators.

January 9, 2023