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☆ Elon Musk is an imperfect mascot for free speech — but he's got a point on Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Musk's commitment to the issue of free speech, however, is otherwise spotty, if not outright hypocritical. The battle in BrazilIn Brazil, the battle got real for Musk. Starlink backed down, eventually complying with legal demands to block X in Brazil, but Musk hasn't given up. AdvertisementMusk argues in memesFor now, Musk seems to be defending free speech (and X's presence in Brazil) by publicly attacking de Moraes. "But if Elon Musk doesn't act differently, I think X or Twitter will be blocked in Brazil for a long time."

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☆ Twitter's not back. But it's not going anywhere, either. Ask Ezra Klein.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But Biden, like a lot of social media users, is a promiscuous poster: The same message went out on Threads and Instagram. Confirmed debate wasn't a… — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 18, 2024Again: Klein has a column and a popular podcast at The New York Times, with all of the reach and clout that entails. I don't think it's good for the way I think most of the time. I don't think that's what Musk thought he was buying two years ago, and I don't feel great about using it myself. But I don't think it's going anywhere.

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☆ Elon Musk starts new beef with Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy, says the 'Star Wars' chief is 'more deadly than the Death Star'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

It looks like Elon Musk isn't a fan of what Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy has done with "Star Wars." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk doesn't like what Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has done with the Star Wars franchise. The Academy Award-winning film producer was appointed president of Lucasfilm after the company was acquired by Disney in 2012. But Kennedy's leadership of Lucasfilm has drawn a mixed reception from Star Wars fans.

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☆ Elon Musk dropped his Open AI lawsuit, but he isn't done with Sam Altman and the AI race yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewElon Musk might have withdrawn his lawsuit against OpenAI and its cofounders on Tuesday, but he certainly isn't giving up on winning the AI race just yet. Musk cofounded OpenAI with its current CEO, Sam Altman, but left its board in 2018. Shortly after the announcement, Musk threatened to prohibit Apple devices at his companies. "If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies," Musk wrote in an X post. Related storiesRepresentatives for Musk and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Elon Musk just spent a chunk of his Memorial Day weekend needling Meta's AI chief on X
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun is an award-winning computer scientist. But Elon Musk says he isn't impressed with LeCun's scientific work. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementMeta's AI chief, Yann LeCun, might have won a Turing Award for his contributions to computer science, but Elon Musk doesn't seem too impressed with his work. Musk asked LeCun in an X post on Monday.

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☆ Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and other tech titans' most unconventional management practices
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon MuskElon Musk isn't a big fan of people being in meetings if they're not contributing value. Christian Marquardt - Pool/Getty ImagesMusk, the CEO of companies including Tesla and X, formerly Twitter, has described himself as a "nanomanager." Consistent with that style, Musk doesn't like delegating and last year told Tesla staff he wanted to personally approve all new hires . Musk also encourages people to leave meetings rather than stay in some cases. He's also said employees can feel free to buck the chain of command to get things done.

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☆ Elon Musk is throwing the distant dream of a 'sentient' Optimus robot at Tesla's shareholders
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk doesn't think Tesla should be viewed as just another auto company. Musk told investors on Tuesday that Tesla's Optimus robots are its most valuable asset. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementTesla's Optimus robots could become the company's most valuable asset, says the company's CEO Elon Musk. "As I've said before, I think Optimus will be more valuable than everything else combined," Musk said in an earnings call on Tuesday.

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☆ Elon Musk says he 'would know' if there are aliens out there with all the Starlink satellites he has orbiting Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk doesn't think aliens are out there. "I have seen no evidence for aliens and, with ~6000 satellites orbiting Earth, I think I would know," Musk said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSpaceX owner Elon Musk doesn't think aliens exist. "I have seen no evidence for aliens and, with ~6000 satellites orbiting Earth, I think I would know," Musk wrote on X on Monday.

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☆ Wall Street is getting nervous about Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at why Wall Street is getting nervous about Tesla . South China Morning PostEarnings season is approaching, and Wall Street's already ringing the alarm on a high-profile company. AdvertisementTesla won't report its full earnings until later this month, but Wall Street is preparing for trouble. One analyst called it a "nightmare" quarter for the company, while another firm labeled Tesla "a growth company with no growth." One strategy is getting more Tesla drivers subscribed to its Full Self-Driving software, which can run $199 monthly.

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☆ Ex-Stability AI leader says being a CEO sucks: 'Elon was right'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

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.

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☆ Wow, Elon Musk really hates the Oscars
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"Winning an Oscar now just means you won the woke contest," Musk said on Sunday. Musk said the awards have been "diluted" and "no longer commands respect." "Winning an Oscar now just means you won the woke contest," Musk wrote on X on Sunday, as this year's award ceremony began. "When an award is diluted, everyone knows, including those who received it, and it no longer commands respect," he said in a subsequent post. Musk did not specify what exactly he thought was "woke" about this year's Oscar-nominated films, which include Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer."

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☆ Former Twitter execs sue Musk and X for more than $128 million in severance
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former Twitter executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, head of legal Vijaya Gadde and General Counsel Sean Edgett filed a new lawsuit against Elon Musk and X Corp. in federal court arguing that they are owed $128 million in unpaid severance. The ex-Twitter executives' lawyers argue, "These statements were not the mere rantings of a self-centered billionaire surrounded by enablers unwilling to confront him with the legal consequences of his own choices. Musk bragged to Isaacson specifically how he planned to cheat Twitter's executives out of their severance benefits in order to save himself $200 million." The suit, Agrawal et al v. Musk et al, was filed in California's Northern District and follows news that settlement talks between X Corp. and ex-Twitter managers broke down in a related case in Delaware, Woodfield v. Twitter Inc., where $500 million in unpaid severance to former Twitter managers and engineers is in dispute. Representatives for X Corp. and Elon Musk did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment.

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☆ Lawyers who sunk Elon Musk's big pay package are now asking for nearly $6 billion worth of Tesla stock. Musk doesn't seem happy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Lawyers for a Tesla shareholder successfully sunk Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package from Tesla. Now they're asking a judge for about 11% of the Tesla shares, worth about $6 billion, for attorneys fees. AdvertisementLawyers for a Tesla shareholder successfully argued in a Delaware court that Elon Musk doesn't deserve a $55-billion compensation package for his work at the EV company. Instead, some of that compensation package should go to them in attorney fees, the lawyers argued to a Delaware judge. That amounts to about $5.96 billion worth of Tesla shares based on the current price of the company's stock at $202.64 per share.

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☆ Elon Musk welcomes competition from humanoid robot rivals: 'Bring it on'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk isn't fazed by a humanoid robot startup's newly announced collaboration with OpenAI. Musk is also making a humanoid robot, Optimus, through Tesla. "Bring it on," Musk posted in response to Figure AI cofounder Brett Adcock's Thursday announcement of a collaboration with OpenAI to develop AI-powered machines. The comment was a tacit acknowledgment that Figure and OpenAI are rivals to the Tesla CEO's own AI ambitions. Musk unveiled tech startup xAI last year, which debuted AI chatbot Grok last November.

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☆ Elon Musk makes it known he hasn't been to therapy
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk has repeatedly said that his gravestone will read "Never Went to Therapy." Despite rejecting therapy, Musk has candidly spoken about his own mental health in the past. The billionaire Tesla cofounder wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday: "Put 'Never Went to Therapy' on my gravestone." It's not the first time Musk has brushed off therapy — or discussed his hypothetical grave marker. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Elon Musk's problems keep piling up as Tesla's value slides $188 billion this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The world's richest person has faced problems at Tesla, SpaceX and X, ranging from a tanking Tesla valuation to an X advertiser exodus. Tesla's stock slide has erased about $188 billion from its valuation this year, according to Business Insider's calculations. The stock closed at just under $192, leaving it worth just over $600 billion at the close of trading Friday. Before you start feeling too sorry for Musk, though, he's still worth $208 billion. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDelaware pay rulingTo add insult to injury, a Delaware judge also ruled against Musk's $55 billion Tesla pay package last month.

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☆ Twitter gave Elon Musk the @e handle after becoming its biggest shareholder, book says — but he doesn't seem to use it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk was given the @e handle shortly after becoming Twitter's biggest shareholder, a new book says. Musk doesn't appear to have engaged with the account beyond changing the name to John Utah. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementTwitter's trust and safety head was asked to transfer ownership of the @e handle to Elon Musk in April 2022, according to a new book by Zoë Schiffer. Schiffer, managing editor of the tech newsletter Platformer, previously said in an X post that Musk had acquired the @e handle .

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☆ Neuralink exec Shivon Zilis defends Elon Musk's $55 billion Tesla pay package
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewNeuralink director Shivon Zilis is coming to Elon Musk's defense after his Tesla pay package was voided. A Delaware judge on Tuesday swatted down Musk's $55 billion Tesla pay package, siding with a shareholder who argued that Musk's pay as CEO was excessive. She stood by his Tesla compensation package in a social media post on Wednesday. "There are so many anti-meritocratic situations where people take money off the table while destroying shareholder value," Zilis wrote. "Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware," Musk wrote .

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☆ Elon Musk is about to find out if ultimatums really work
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the ultimatum Elon Musk gave Tesla's board amid a critical time for the company. The big storyElon's ultimatumREUTERS/Steve NesiusUltimatums rarely work in relationships, but what about between CEOs and the massive companies they run? Elon Musk is about to find out. Musk, who has roughly a 13% stake in the EV maker, said if his request isn't met, he'll "prefer to build products outside of Tesla." Meanwhile, Ross Gerber, a longtime Tesla bull, said it's "absurd" to think Musk doesn't already have control over Tesla and described his request as "blackmailing the Tesla shareholders."

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Grimes alleged Elon Musk spent less than half his time in 2023 in Texas, in recent legal filings. Musk still spends two to three days a week in California, Grimes alleged. AdvertisementElon Musk — who moved Tesla's headquarters from California to Texas in 2021— has been spending less than half his time in the Lone Star State, Grimes alleged in recent legal documents. Musk quietly sued Grimes in Texas court in September to establish a "parent-child" relationship with the kids. While Grimes has said the child was with Musk in Texas over her objection, the details around the arrangement, and how she responded, are unclear.

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☆ It sure looks like Elon Musk is deliberately destroying X
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jyoti Mann | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk seems to be trying to sabotage X by telling major advertisers "go fuck yourself." It gives weight to a theory that Musk may be deliberately trying to sink X, formerly Twitter. Those banks have since been trying to sell the debt — which looks increasingly worthless as Musk drives X into the ground. In the meantime, X and Musk must pay millions of dollars in interest to their financiers. "There is no way back, there is no way to reverse the statement Elon made yesterday," said Ruben Schreurs, chief strategy officer at the marketing consultancy Ebiquity, which works with major advertisers.

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☆ Elon Musk doesn't think the rules are different for him, they actually are: Eric Dezenhall
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailElon Musk doesn't think the rules are different for him, they actually are: Eric DezenhallEric Dezenhall, Dezenhall Resources chairman, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Elon Musk's trip to Israel, whether the visit can improve his image, potential impact on the advertiser exodus on X, and more.

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☆ Elon Musk says his mind is a 'storm' and people 'may think they'd want to be me but they don't know'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk doesn't think most people would really want to be him. Asked about challenges in his life, Musk said, "My mind is a storm. I don't think most people would want to be me. They may think they'd want to be me but they don't know, they don't understand." "There are times when I feel lonely," Musk said last year in an interview with Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Insider's parent company, Axel Springer .

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The updates include the addition of memory storage to its developer tools for using AI models. The new features are expected to be rolled out at OpenAI’s first-ever developer conference in San Francisco on November 6, sources said. Keeping developers happy has been a major focus for OpenAI, these sources told Reuters. Earlier this year, the company rushed to release ChatGPT plugins, add-on tools that allow developers to create applications within ChatGPT. Earlier this year, Altman admitted to a group of developers in London that plugins have not gained market traction.

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☆ Mark Cuban says Elon Musk is a 'genius' for buying X but is also his 'own worst enemy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Cuban thinks Elon Musk is his "own worst enemy" when it comes to managing X successfully. "I think how the platform performs is light years ahead of where it was," Cuban told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementMark Cuban believes that an Elon Musk-led X may succeed so long as Musk doesn't get in his own way. Unless he fucks it up himself with his posts on X," Cuban continued. AdvertisementAdvertisementCuban told GQ that when it comes to running X, Musk is his "own worst enemy."

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