Elon Musk

• Analysis-Musk dealt blow over Grok deepfakes, but regulatory fight far from over - Elon Musk's Grok chatbot is testing Europe's ability to clamp down on deepfakes and digital undressing of images online, even after regulators scored a rare win by forcing Musk's xAI to curb the creation of sexualized images. xAI said late
• Automakers like Ford and GM are jumping into a whole new business where Tesla is a serious player - Automakers Ford and GM are trying to figure out what to do with battery factories now that EV sales are falling way short of forecasts
• Musk's xAI disables Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people after backlash - X's safety account said in a social media post that no users will be able to create sexualized images of real people using Grok.
• Elon Musk's xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok's deepfake explicit images - Musk's Grok AI chatbot faces investigations from India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ireland, Australia, the UK and France as well.
• Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription - Tesla is lagging Waymo in autonomous mobility as the Alphabet-owned driverless car service topped 450,000 paid weekly rides in December.
• Tesla's Full Self-Driving is switching to a subscription-only service - Tesla is about to stop selling its $8,000 Full Self-Driving (FSD) option and switch to a strictly monthly subscription service after February 14.
• Musk’s Starlink remains operational in Iran, aiding protesters amid blackout - While Iran shuts down its internet, Starlink defies the ban, keeping some Iranians connected during the ongoing crackdown on protests. Some Iranians are still using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service despite a nationwide commun
• Behind Anthropic's stunning growth is a sibling team that may hold the key to generative AI - Daniela Amodei has helped build Anthropic into a serious AI player by betting on safety and enterprise adoption.
• Germany plans measures to combat harmful AI image manipulation - BERLIN, Jan 9 () - Germany's justice ministry plans to present measures in the near future that would allow authorities to more effectively ​combat the use of artificial intelligence to manipulate images in ways that ‌violate personal right
• Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster - Meta said it secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are all working on nuclear power technologies.