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Read previewStability AI's former leader Emad Mostaque thinks Elon Musk was right about one thing: being a CEO isn't fun. Mostaque stepped down in March as CEO of Stability AI, the company behind the popular AI image generator Stable Diffusion. When asked about his departure, Mostaque told New York Times reporter Kevin Roose that "being a CEO sucks." The former Stability CEO also said he has Asperger's and ADHD in Reddit threads addressing his tenure as CEO, which he said made the role more difficult for him. Stability AI declined to comment on Mosaque's comments about being a CEO.
Persons: , Emad Mostaque, Elon Musk, Mostaque, Kevin Roose, Elon, Musk, Lex, , Peter Diamandis, it's, Forbes, Jensen Huang, Jensen Organizations: Service, Business, New York Times, Delaware Court, Tesla, Bloomberg, Nvidia, Forbes Locations: Stability
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court on August 11, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesHeather Ferguson's son lost approximately $130,000 in cash when crypto exchange FTX went bankrupt in November 2022. Ferguson's letter is part of an eleventh hour push by the defense to appeal to Kaplan's sense of leniency as the judge gears up for Bankman-Fried's sentencing hearing on Thursday. Bankman-Fried's psychiatrist, George Lerner, told Judge Lewis Kaplan in a letter in August that the former FTX CEO has a history of depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Without his medication, Lerner warned the judge, "Bankman-Fried will experience a return of his depression and ADHD symptoms and will be severely negatively impacted in his ability to assist in his own defense."
Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Michael M, Heather Ferguson's, Ferguson, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Yesha Yadav, Dean, Kaplan, George Lerner, Lewis Kaplan, Lerner, Maria Centrella, Asperger's, Judge Kaplan, Michael Lewis's, Sam I, , Centrella, Joe, Sam, Matt Kelly, Kelly Organizations: Manhattan Federal Court, Santiago, Getty, District, Alameda Research, Vanderbilt University, CNBC, Bankman, Autism, MIT Locations: New York City, Manhattan
Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrives at court in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. "The harm to customers, lenders, and investors is zero," Bankman-Fried's lawyers wrote. The lawyers wrote that Bankman-Fried has a "neurodiversity" that "greatly affects how he perceives and is perceived." It is not a disease or a condition that needs to be cured," the lawyers wrote. "Individuals with ASD are often at considerably greater risk of physical harm and extortion in prison than other inmates," the lawyers wrote.
Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, Lewis Kaplan, , Michael Milken, Damian Williams, Williams, Kaplan, Marc Mukasey, Sam, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Milken Organizations: Bankman, Alameda Research, The Manhattan U.S, PSR, Defense, Drexel, CNBC PRO Locations: New York, FTX, Manhattan, Alameda, Brooklyn , New York
AdvertisementThe UK's worst cyberstalker is the focus of Netflix's latest true crime docuseries, "Can I Tell You a Secret." AdvertisementMatthew Hardy was convicted on five counts of cyberstalking in 2022After Anderson's lengthy investigation, Hardy was arrested in February 2020 and charged in March 2021. In October 2021, Hardy pleaded guilty to five counts of stalking involving fear of violence, and was sentenced to nine years in prison in January 2022. He's currently serving his sentence in a category B prison, according to the "Can I Tell You a Secret" podcast. "He has said to me, 'I don't want anything to do with social media ever again,'" she recalled.
Persons: Matthew Hardy, Hardy, Kevin Anderson of, He's, Steven Everett, Sara Haque, McGowan, Donna Hardy, he's, Matthew Organizations: Kevin Anderson of Cheshire Constabulary, Guardian Locations: cyberstalking
Elon Musk's response to an antisemitic post has caused an uproar among some Tesla fans. Some Tesla owners and investors said they're looking to sell their cars and their stock over it. AdvertisementSome Tesla owners are sounding off after Elon Musk's latest online outburst that voiced support for an antisemitic tweet. AdvertisementAnother "livid and appalled" Tesla owner told BI they've already spoken to their financial advisor about selling their Tesla stock after over 10 years volunteering and investing in the company. AdvertisementAs a former Musk critic turned supporter and Tesla owner, I once admired Elon Musk for his anti-establishment stance, particularly as a father of a son with Asperger's.
Persons: Elon, Musk, , Elon Musk's, Tesla, Peter, Arthur Kulak, Ross Gerber, they've, Citron, Andrew Left, Elon Musk, Asperger's, who's Organizations: Service, Business, Tesla, Citron Research Locations: Vermont, Reddit
"Elon and I were used to having big arguments in public," Musk's first wife, Justine Wilson, told Isaacson. AdvertisementAdvertisementWilson told Isaacson, the book's author, that Musk sometimes resorted to calling her "an idiot" or "moron" in arguments. Variety/Getty ImagesMeanwhile, Grimes told Isaacson that she feels the billionaire "associates love with being mean or abusive." "It was Elon's Asperger's coming out in full," Grimes told Isaacson. Musk's second wife, Talulah Riley, told Isaacson that when her close friend died, he flew to England to be with her.
Persons: Elon, it's, Grimes, Walter Isaacson's, Elon Musk, Tesla, Musk's, Justine Wilson, Isaacson, Wilson, Marie Claire, Musk, Claire Boucher, Amber Heard, Asperger's, I'd, he's, Talulah Riley, Mike Blake, Shivon, Zilis, X, Riley, Heard Organizations: Service, SpaceX, Variety, PayPal Locations: Wall, Silicon, Texas, Grimes, England
Grimes voiced a character for "Cyberpunk 2077" while she was dating Elon Musk. While she was recording, Musk entered the studio with a 200-year-old gun and asked for his own cameo. A new story about him showing up during a "Cyberpunk 2077" recording session is one of those times. Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend, Grimes, a musician whose real name is Claire Boucher, voiced a character in the video game "Cyberpunk 2077." Back in 2019, Elon Musk alluded to a collaboration between him and "Cyberpunk 2077" in 2019.
Persons: Grimes, Elon Musk, Musk, Walter Isaacson's, Elon, Elon Musk's, Claire Boucher, Lizzy Wizzy, Isaacson, Musk's, Tesla Organizations: Elon Musk, Service, CNBC, Robb Elementary School Locations: Wall, Silicon
Elon Musk sent a picture of Grimes having a C-section to their friends and family, a new book details. "He was just clueless about why I'd be upset," Grimes told Walter Isaacson, Musk's biographer. "It was Elon's Asperger's coming out in full," Grimes told Isaacson. Musk has repeatedly said that he has Asperger's, a form of autism-spectrum disorder, although his mother Maye Musk told Isaacson that he was never diagnosed as a child. AdvertisementAdvertisementGrimes gave birth to their first child X Æ A-Xii Musk, referred to by his parents as X, in May 2020.
Persons: Elon Musk, Grimes, I'd, Walter Isaacson, Musk's, Asperger's, Isaacson, Musk, Maye Musk, X, Elon, Clive Mason, I'm, beguiled Musk Organizations: Service, Getty Locations: Wall, Silicon
Elon Musk's biographer told the FT buying Twitter, now X, was "insane." Walter Isaacson made the comments in an interview about his book "Elon Musk," which was released on Tuesday. "Everything was going so well that [Musk] became uncomfortable," Isaacson told the FT. "He doesn't like things when they are going well. "It's not like I need to be richer," Musk told him. The musician Grimes, with whom Musk has three children, told Isaacson that the billionaire's lack of empathy could be related to his Asperger's diagnosis.
Persons: Elon Musk's, Walter Isaacson, it's, Elon, Elon Musk, Musk, Isaacson, Elon Musk Isaacson, he's, execs, Grimes Organizations: Twitter, Service, Financial Times, Time, SpaceX, Tesla, Elon Locations: Wall, Silicon
Elon Musk "associates love with being mean or abusive" Grimes told Musk's new biographer. AdvertisementAdvertisement"When you're from a dysfunctional background or have a brain wired like his," Wilson told Isaacson, "intensity takes the place of intimacy." AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2017, Musk's mother, Maye Musk, told Rolling Stone that Errol Musk was "a terrible human being," and in 2019, she told Harper's Bazaar that their marriage was abusive. AdvertisementAdvertisement"He has numerous minds and many fairly distinct personalities," she told Isaacson, according to the book. "When we hang out, I make sure I'm with the right Elon," she told Isaacson.
Persons: Elon Musk, Grimes, Musk's, Elon, Walter Isaacson, Errol Musk, He's, Claire Boucher, Isaacson, Amber Heard, Heard, Musk, Elon Musk Musk's, Justine Wilson, Wilson, , Maye Musk, Stone, Harper's, he'd, Tesla, Martin Eberhard Organizations: Service, Elon, Wired Locations: Wall, Silicon, African
Isaacson describes Musk stalking the factory floor of Tesla, his electric car company, issuing orders on the fly. “If I don’t make decisions,” Musk explained, “we die.”By “we,” Musk presumably meant Tesla in that instance. But Musk likes to speak of his business interests in superhero terms, so it’s sometimes hard to be sure. At one point, Isaacson asks why Musk is so offended by anything he deems politically correct, and Musk, as usual, has to dial it up to 11. Isaacson has ably conveyed that Musk doesn’t truly like pushback.
Persons: Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk, ” Walter Isaacson’s, , , ” Isaacson, Musk, Isaacson, Tesla, ” Musk, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Grimes Organizations: ELON, SpaceX Locations: South Africa
Walter Isaacson commended Elon Musk's engineering abilities, but suggested he lacks empathy. Isaacson made the comments on CNBC's Squawk Box, discussing his upcoming biography of Musk. Walter Isaacson, whose upcoming biography about Elon Musk is expected in September, said one of his takeaways from three years of observing the voluble executive is that he may lack empathy. He repeated the idea on CNBC's Squawk Box. In the segment, Isaacson also addressed recent headlines about Musk, including a purported cage match with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Persons: Walter Isaacson, Elon, Isaacson, Elon Musk, Grimes, Musk's, Mark Zuckerberg, Kali Hays, Musk, Musk's Tesla Organizations: Twitter, Meta, Autism, for Disease Control, SpaceX
Should Medicine Still Bother With Eponyms?
  + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Rachel E. Gross | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Edith Sheffer’s young son always disliked labels such as Asperger’s syndrome. By devising a diagnosis that emphasized the children’s intellectual abilities, the psychiatrist said, Dr. Asperger tried to spare them from the Nazi campaign to “euthanize” youths with cognitive disabilities. Dr. Sheffer, sitting next to her 12-year-old son, knew this wasn’t entirely true. And, Dr. Sheffer learned with horror, he had personally condemned dozens of children to the killing centers. By the time her book was published, Asperger’s syndrome was no longer listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Persons: Edith Sheffer’s, Hans Asperger, Asperger, euthanize, . Sheffer, , , Oskar Schindler, , Sheffer, Vox Organizations: Nazi, University of California, Disorders Locations: Austrian, Europe, Berkeley
Elon Musk apologized on Tuesday for mocking a former Twitter employee who has muscular dystrophy. Musk had accused the employee of not doing "actual work" and told him to justify why he should keep his job. Haraldur Thorleifsson, an Iceland-based entrepreneur and former Twitter employee, ended up in a public exchange with CEO Elon Musk. But on Tuesday, Musk publicly trolled Thorleifsson in a series of tweets questioning his value at the company. Musk then said Thorleifsson used his disability as an excuse to work less.
Amy Schumer called out Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, for his antisemitic remarks in her Nov. 5 "Saturday Night Live" monologue. The comedian, 41, called out Ye, 45, in the context of a joke about her husband, Chris Fischer, who she has said has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. His antisemitic comments also led sports brand Adidas, luxury fashion label Balenciaga, Gap and Foot Locker, among others, to end their business relationships with him. The latter restrictions were subsequently lifted, but Ye no long appears to have an active Twitter account. Sometimes, his remarks have included disavowing the diagnosis.
A January 6 defendant who broke two windows in the Capitol was spared prison on Wednesday. A federal judge sentenced Nicholas Rodean to home confinement instead, Politico reported. The judge said that Rodean's Asperger's Syndrome influenced him to join other rioters that day. But on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him to 240 days of home confinement instead, saying that his Asperger's Syndrome made him "particularly susceptible" to the influences that day, Politico reported. "I am really sorry about breaking the window," Rodean told McFadden, according to Politico.
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Persons: Dustin Hoffman, Oskar, Asperger, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Mozart, Isabelle, Donald, Temple, Anton tut ryadom, Anton tut, Anton Kharitonov, Totul, Arkus, Liubov, Împușcă, Roșcați Organizations: Internațională, Golden Globes, Times, Fanta Locations: Autismul, New York, zângănind, limonadă
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