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Tesla Wins First Jury Trial Over Fatal Autopilot Crash

Tesla Inc. convinced a California jury that its Autopilot technology wasn’t responsible for a crash that killed a California driver four years ago, the jury announced on Oct. 31.

October 31, 2023
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Tesla Reports Record Sales, Increased Production in Q2

Tesla Inc. posted record sales in the second quarter as the Austin-based electric vehicle maker continued to increase production at its growing Gigafactory Texas.

July 5, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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