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Musk Says Tesla’s AI5 Will Be the Best Inference Chip Yet

Elon Musk has revealed new details about Tesla’s upcoming AI5 and AI6 chips, claiming they could set a new benchmark for automotive and even broader AI computing performance. “Just had a great design review today with the Tesla AI5 chip design team! This is going to be an epic chip,” Musk said on X. “And […]

Tesla Proposes $1 Trillion Compensation Plan for Elon Musk

Tesla has unveiled an unprecedented new compensation proposal for CEO Elon Musk in its 2025 proxy statement, valued at as much as $1 trillion if all milestones are achieved. The new 2025 CEO Performance Award spans 10 years and ties Musk’s potential payout to both Tesla’s market value and ambitious operational goals. For Musk to […]

Tesla Robotaxis to Lose Safety Drivers by End of 2025, Says Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company’s Robotaxi service will remove safety monitors from vehicles by the end of 2025. The update came in response to users on X who shared their early experiences with the Robotaxi app, which went public for iOS users in select U.S. cities earlier today. One early rider wrote that […]

Tesla’s Optimus Robot Will Represent 80% of Company’s Value, Says Musk

Elon Musk has once again emphasized the importance of Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, saying it will ultimately represent the majority of the company’s value. Responding to a question on X about the steps needed to achieve Tesla’s newly published Master Plan Part 4, Musk said scaling Full Self-Driving (FSD) and Optimus are the biggest factors. […]

Tesla Master Plan Part 4 Outlines AI Future and ‘Sustainable Abundance’

Tesla today officially published its long-awaited Master Plan Part 4, calling it a blueprint for delivering “sustainable abundance.” The new roadmap emphasizes bringing artificial intelligence into the physical world and unifying Tesla’s hardware and software at scale to accelerate global prosperity. “Humans are toolmakers. At Tesla, we make physical products at scale and at a […]

Elon Musk Ranks No. 2 on Time’s 100 Most Influential in AI

Elon Musk has been ranked No. 2 on Time magazine’s annual TIME100 AI list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence. He was placed just behind Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang following him. While Time doesn’t assign official numbers, the order in which individuals are profiled is […]

SpaceX’s First Starship ‘Catch’ Attempt Expected in 2026: Musk

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared an update on when the company will attempt to “catch” Starship using the massive chopstick arms on its “Mechazilla” launch tower, implying the milestone will likely come in 2026. Responding to questions on X, Musk said Starship’s first catch attempt will probably take place between Flight 13 and Flight […]

Musk Sues Apple, OpenAI Over Alleged App Store Monopoly

Two of Elon Musk’s companies have filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, accusing the pair of colluding to block competition in the generative AI market — reports CNBC. On Monday, Musk’s AI startup xAI and his social media platform X filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleging […]

Tesla Vehicles Could Get Native Starlink Internet, Musk Hints

Tesla vehicles may one day ship with Starlink internet built in, if Elon Musk has anything to say about it. On Tuesday, Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke praised Tesla’s newly launched Model Y L in China, calling it “an amazing car, especially for the price.” He added that the six-seat Model Y L would be even […]

Tesla FSD 14 ‘Feels Sentient,’ Second Biggest Update Ever: Musk

Elon Musk is once again hyping Tesla’s next big Full Self-Driving (FSD) update, saying version 14 of the software “feels sentient” and will be the biggest update to the advanced driver assistance system behind version 12. The comment came in response to a clip of William Blair analyst Jed Dorsheimer praising Tesla’s Robotaxi rides, saying […]

Tesla Announces $29 Billion Stock Package for Musk Amid Compensation Battle

Tesla has awarded CEO Elon Musk an interim compensation package worth approximately $29 billion at current share prices, as the company continues its efforts to resolve the legal dispute over his original 2018 CEO Performance Award. In a new letter to shareholders, Tesla’s Board said it unanimously approved (with Elon and his brother Kimbal Musk […]

Elon Musk Interview: X Takeover Event [VIDEO]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down for a rare (virtual) interview over the weekend at the X Takeover 2025 event for Tesla/SpaceX enthusiasts held in San Mateo, California, offering wide-ranging insights into Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, AI, and more. The interview, part of the “The Future, Engineered” series hosted by the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley club, […]

Elon Musk Wants Former Tesla AI Chief Back

Elon Musk has publicly invited Tesla’s former AI chief Andrej Karpathy to reunite with him, following a tweet Karpathy posted praising the newly opened Tesla Diner in Los Angeles. “Love this! Supercharger, diner, … but really a kind of exhibit for the future,” Karpathy wrote on X (formerly Twitter), referring to Tesla’s retro-futuristic Supercharger-restaurant-drive-in movie […]

Tesla and Elon Musk Lobby Congress on Self-Driving Car Rules: Report

Elon Musk is reportedly lobbying U.S. lawmakers to accelerate federal approval for autonomous vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. Over the past several weeks, Musk and his team at Tesla have been directly contacting members of Congress to build support for legislation that would lay the groundwork for […]