Elon Musk

Elon Musk announces ‘Grokipedia’ as rival to Wikipedia

Elon Musk has recently said that his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, is developing a digital encyclopedia called “Grokipedia” to compete with Wikipedia, which he has frequently criticised for what he describes as ‘political bias’.
2 October 2025, 11:20 AM

Elon Musk’s xAI lays off 500 employees: report

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has laid off at least 500 employees from its data annotation team, according to a recent report by Business Insider. The workers, who help train the company’s Grok chatbot, were notified of the decision by email on Friday.
14 September 2025, 08:29 AM

World’s richest person alive? Musk and Ellison are fighting over the title

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, briefly lost his position as the world’s richest person to Larry Ellison, co-founder and CTO at Oracle this week, before reclaiming the title by the end of the trading day.
11 September 2025, 08:22 AM

Tesla’s Musk pay scheme mixes two kinds of madness

Elon Musk really does do things no one else has. Chief among them: squeeze unprecedented paychecks from electric-car maker Tesla. On Friday, the company’s board proposed to award its CEO up to $1 trillion in stock. Becoming the world’s first trillionaire requires hitting goals that range from eyebrow-raising to eyeball-popping. It’s also an example of Tesla’s bizarre governance.
7 September 2025, 18:00 PM

xAI’s CFO resigns after just three months

Mike Liberatore, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI, has left the company after only a few months in the role. The Wall Street Journal reported his departure on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the situation.
4 September 2025, 06:44 AM

Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit in a Texas federal court against Apple and OpenAI. The legal action alleges that the two tech giants engaged in an illegal collaboration to suppress competition within the AI sector.
26 August 2025, 09:48 AM

Musk launches new company called ‘Macrohard’

Elon Musk has announced plans for a new AI software company called Macrohard, describing it as a “purely AI software company” in a post on X dated August 22. He stated that while the name was “tongue-in-cheek,” the project is “very real.”
25 August 2025, 06:35 AM

Ike Barinholtz nears deal to play Elon Musk in OpenAI film ‘Artificial’

Emmy-nominated actor Ike Barinholtz is reportedly in negotiations to portray Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film “Artificial”, a comedic drama set in the high-stakes world of artificial intelligence (AI).
24 July 2025, 07:33 AM

Musk says no to Tesla-xAI merger

Elon Musk has clarified that he opposes merging his electric car company Tesla with his artificial intelligence startup xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot.
14 July 2025, 09:07 AM

Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 4 AI model and $300/month premium plan

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has recently introduced its newest AI model, Grok 4, alongside a premium $300-per-month 'SuperGrok Heavy' subscription plan.
10 July 2025, 07:09 AM

Trump, Musk feud explodes with threats of cutting contracts, backing impeachment

The hostilities began when Trump criticized Tesla CEO Musk in the Oval Office.
6 June 2025, 03:31 AM

X rolls out new encrypted messaging feature, XChat

X has begun rolling out a beta version of XChat, a redesigned messaging system for its paid subscribers, according to a recent post by X owner Elon Musk. The new feature includes end-to-end encryption, file sharing, and audio-video calling capabilities without requiring phone numbers, as per official statements.
3 June 2025, 07:11 AM

Elon Musk steps down from DOGE

Trump tasked Musk with cutting government spending as head of DOGE, but after a feverish start Musk announced in late April he was mostly stepping back to run his companies again.
29 May 2025, 02:55 AM

Bored Tunnelers in the top six of Elon Musk’s “Not a Boring Competition”

Team Bored Tunnelers has proudly secured a place among the top six teams in the 2025 edition of Elon Musk’s “Not-a-Boring Competition”.
13 April 2025, 10:31 AM

Elon Musk's Tesla diner reportedly near completion

Elon Musk's long-awaited Tesla Diner & Drive-In is finally taking shape at the former Shakey's Pizza site on Hollywood's Santa Monica Boulevard, though an opening date remains uncertain, according to a recent report by The New York Times.
29 March 2025, 07:45 AM

US judge bars Musk, DOGE from further efforts to shut down USAID

Their efforts to close the foreign aid agency likely violated the US Constitution, the judge said.
19 March 2025, 02:49 AM

Elon Musk becomes father for the 14th time

His latest child, a son, is with Shivon Zilis, an executive at Musk's Neuralink with whom he already has three other children.
2 March 2025, 04:20 AM

Musk says all US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs

Musk -- the world's richest person and Trump's biggest donor -- has led the effort to fire swaths of the government workforce.
23 February 2025, 04:14 AM

Musk launches 'scary smart' AI chatbot

The launch comes as the world's richest man is deploying the enormous powers granted him by US President Donald Trump to restructure and dismantle federal agencies
18 February 2025, 06:37 AM

Elon Musk wants to buy OpenAI; bids $97.4 billion

Elon Musk has recently made a $97.4 billion offer to take control of OpenAI’s nonprofit arm, as per a report by The Wall Street Journal. According to the report,  the bid was placed on Monday, just as OpenAI pushes to become a for-profit business—a move Musk says goes against its original mission of developing AI safely and openly.
11 February 2025, 04:08 AM