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Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of SpaceX and also leads Tesla.
Tesla’s track record on chips suggests that the answer will be a lot. Last year, Tesla signed a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung to produce the automaker’s next-generation A16 chip at its factory in Texas. But Tesla designed the chip itself, to ensure it was tailored to the company’s line of autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots, and, according to Musk, “Samsung agreed to allow Tesla to assist in maximizing manufacturing efficiency.” “This is a critical point, as I will walk the line personally to accelerate the pace of progress. And the fab is conveniently located not far from my house,” Mus
5 Burning Questions About Elon Musk’s Terafab Chip Partnership with Intel… A pop-up on the post on X’s mobile app says it was boosted by @elonmusk, who also owns the platform. Boosting is a feature that allows X subscribers to pay an additional fee to amplify posts. WIRED was able to independently verify the pop-up window. …
… But a SAIN representative, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation from Musk, told WIRED that this structure represents a real threat to the company that investors and banks backing the IPO are not taking seriously. “This IPO is a liability shift,” they say. “Elon is responsible for a… …
… This is the exchange, as best as WIRED could capture it: OpenAI Lawyer William Savitt: Do you know what distillation is? Musk: It means to use one AI model to train another AI model. Savitt: Has xAI done that with OpenAI? Musk: Generally all the AI companies do that . …
… As WIRED recently reported, Intel’s ability to secure these outside customers is critical to its success. And Musk could be a huge whale of a customer. Musk did not respond to WIRED’s questions about the partnership. …
… Tesla Takedown helped promote the protests. “SpaceX wants the public to buy into the myth of the final frontier—but this is really a desperate cash-out before the cracks in Musk's empire become impossible to ignore,” Tesla Takedown tells WIRED. “Exploding rockets, a militarized Starlink, dangerous … …
… Zilis joined OpenAI’s board in 2020 and gave birth to Musk’s twins in 2021. She told Brockman about the children. But he learned that Musk was the father only later through news articles. When Brockman confronted her, “she said it was via IVF and it was entirely platonic with Elon,” he testified. …
… Molo explained that Musk lobbied governments to pass regulations addressing the prospect of so-called artificial general intelligence, including meeting with then-president Barack Obama in 2015. “But the government was not stepping up,” Molo said. “Elon felt he had to do something.” Around the same… …
… The company found success by positioning itself as a progressive replacement for Elon Musk’s X. …
… When reached for comment, an OpenAI spokesperson directed WIRED to a section of a company blog that reads, “Motivated by jealousy, regret for walking away from OpenAI and a desire to derail a competing AI company, Elon has spent years harassing OpenAI through baseless lawsuits and public attacks.” … …
… However, there was little evidence on Tuesday to address the gaps in Musk’s legal case. Altman and Sam Teller, Musk’s former chief of staff, testified on Tuesday that they did not recall Musk ever attaching any special conditions to his donations to OpenAI. …