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(FILES) Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his trip to India, discussing topics like Tesla, Starlink and more. (AFP) News 

Elon Musk’s visit to India to discuss Starlink approvals, Tesla factories, and other topics

Adriana Marais, ,

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is planning a visit to India as his companies look to expand into the country, which is the world’s most populous nation. Tesla, his electric car company, is reportedly exploring potential factory sites in India as sales in the United States decline. Another Musk-owned company, satellite internet operator Starlink, is receiving preliminary approvals to operate in India, a government source told AFP. Also on the “free speech” agenda of what is likely to be a free speech absolutist is the large number of content removal orders…

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Elon Musk anticipates AGI smarter than humans by next year (REUTERS) AI 

Elon Musk of Tesla predicts that AI will surpass the intelligence of the smartest human by next year.

Adriana Marais, ,

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, stated on Monday that he anticipates the creation of artificial intelligence that surpasses human intelligence by either next year or by 2026. In a wide-ranging interview about X spaces suffering from a number of technology glitches, Musk also told Norwegian investment fund CEO Nicolai Tangen that the availability of electricity was limiting AI and that the next version of Grok, his xAI startup’s AI chatbot, was expected to be ready by May. “If you define AGI (artificial general intelligence) as a smarter human, I think…

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Elon Musk announced plans to unveil a ‘Tesla Robotaxi’ on August 8, refuting recent reports. (REUTERS) News 

Elon Musk to unveil Tesla robotaxi as company shifts focus away from low-cost EV manufacturing

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has revealed intentions to unveil a Tesla robotaxi on August 8, in response to recent speculation about the company’s shift away from a budget-friendly electric vehicle. Musk’s announcement comes after he refuted a Reuters report suggesting that Tesla was abandoning its $25,000 EV project to focus on the development of a robotaxi. A strategic change in the midst of sales difficulties Tesla’s decision stems from slow electric vehicle sales and declining profits, prompting Musk to look for alternative ways to bolster the company’s performance.…

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Elon Musk's X launches Community Notes in India, allowing users to fact-check tweets for misinformation. (AFP) News 

Elon Musk introduces community notes for Indian X users ahead of elections- What are they and why do they matter?

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk’s micro-blogging platform X has introduced the Community Notes program in India to address misinformation. This initiative allows users to participate in fact-checking tweets on the platform. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced the launch of Community Notes in India, a major step towards fostering a more aware and vigilant online community. The launch of this program represents a concerted effort to combat misinformation by harnessing the collective wisdom and diverse perspectives of users. “Welcome new writers to India. Our first contributors join today and we’ll expand over time. As…

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Elon Musk has already made big changes to X since he rebranded the platform and communities could get some boost as well. News 

Elon Musk’s X May Spark Conversations About ‘Mature Content’ Among Users

Adriana Marais

X Corp, owned by Elon Musk, is building new use cases and features for all its users, and soon the social media platform may have a community of “adult content” for its users. The update was shared by Dong Wook Chung, a software engineer at X, and Musk himself posted his list of platform developments. Chung talks about the features he’s been working on at X Communities, where “not safe for work” or NSFW content may soon be filtered into new groups that serve adult content. The engineer notes that…

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If you have paid for the X Premium subscription, you will soon be able to try out the Grok AI chatbot, as confirmed by Elon Musk AI 

Musk Confirms Grok AI Chatbot Will Be Available to All X Premium Users This Week

Febin Mathew

In an effort to embrace OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Elon Musk said Wednesday that the X platform will soon enable the “Grok” AI chatbot for more paying subscribers. On X (formerly Twitter), the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX announced that Grok will be available to all Premium subscribers. “Later this week, Grok will be rolling out to all premium subscribers (not just premium+”), the X owner said. Last week, Musk-run XAI made its AI chatbot Grok available in open-source mode for developers and researchers. “We are publishing the weights and architecture of…

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xAI's Grok-1.5 chatbot set to launch for early testers and existing users on social media platform X. (Bloomberg) News 

Improved version of chatbot to be launched by Musk’s xAI

Adriana Marais,

On Thursday, xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, announced plans to release an upgraded version of its chatbot Grok. The new version, called Grok-1.5, will be available in the coming days to early testers and existing Grok users on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, XAI said in a statement. The startup said one of the most significant improvements in the new version is its performance in coding and math. Seeking an alternative to Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet’s Google, Musk launched xAI last year to create “ultimate…

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Elon Musk's X will offer premium features for free to select subscribers. (Bloomberg) News 

Elon Musk pledges exclusive features for users with more than 2500 verified followers

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk has introduced a new program designed to improve the user experience on X. In a statement, Musk announced that X users with more than 2500 verified followers will now receive Premium services at no cost. Furthermore, users with over 5000 followers will have access to the Premium+ package, also at no charge. Extended benefits for X users Under these subscription agreements, users can enjoy an ad-free browsing experience and take advantage of features such as tweet editing. In addition, Premium+ subscribers have exclusive access to GrokAI, Elon Musk’s…

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Musk started the X Premium and Premium+ subscription for its users with a host of new features, including support for the Grok AI chatbot. News 

Elon Musk Announces Free X Premium Subscription for All Users: Read His Statement Here

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk seems to have woken up from the right side of his bed on Thursday, sharing good news for all X users. Musk has announced a new way to help more people try the X Premium and X Premium+ packages. X Premium is available on a monthly/yearly basis which offers you benefits such as a verified account, edit button, long posts and articles, and more. Most paid subscribers have used these features so far, but soon free X users with a certain number of followers will also be able…

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Elon Musk revealed that xAI's chatbot Grok will now be accessible to all premium subscribers of social media platform X. (Bloomberg) AI 

Musk’s xAI technology to power chatbot Grok for exclusive X premium subscribers

Adriana Marais, ,

On Tuesday, Elon Musk announced that the chatbot Grok from the artificial intelligence startup xAI will now be available to all premium subscribers of the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. He announced it in X publication without revealing any more details. Previously, the chatbot was only available to Premium subscribers. As more advertisers move away from the microblogging platform, the billionaire has emphasized reducing the company’s reliance on advertising and focusing on more attractive subscription plans. Earlier this month, Musk said XAI would use the open-source Grok…

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A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed X Corp's lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized a rise in hate speech on the social media platform. Gadgets 

Elon Musk’s X Corp Fails to Win Lawsuit Against Hate Speech Watchdog

Adriana Marais

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed X Corp’s lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized the rise of hate speech on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter since Elon Musk took it over. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted the dismissal request by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying Musk appeared to have targeted the nonprofit because he didn’t like what it stood for. “It is impossible to read the complaint and not conclude that X Corp is far more concerned…

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Elon Musk was a core part of OpenAI's team but it seems he was not convinced of Altman and Co. which seems to have brewed into an ugly rivalry now. News 

Sam Altman Reveals Elon Musk’s Thoughts on OpenAI’s Potential Failure

Adriana Marais,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk thought the maker of ChatGPT would fail and “he decided to get out of the way.” In an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, Altman said that “Musk thought OpenAI was going to fail. He wanted total control to turn it around. We wanted to continue in the direction that has now become OpenAI. He also wanted Tesla to be able to build an AGI company. “At various times he wanted to turn OpenAI into a for-profit company…

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Neuralink has developed a unique brain chip that helps specially-abled people with motor skills using their mind, which including using a computer. News 

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip Allows Humans to Play Chess Using Only Their Minds

Adriana Marais

Neuralink’s goal is to help disabled people function normally with the help of their minds. And the first example of this brain-chip technology doing its job was shown in a streaming video on Wednesday. The video shows that a person who received the first Neuralink brain chip implant is able to play chess on a laptop without a mouse or keyboard and just his brain. The video was shot by one of Neuralink’s engineers named Bliss, who gave everyone a chance to see the brain chip doing what it’s supposed…

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SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency. Space 

SpaceX, owned by Musk, is constructing a network of spy satellites for a US intelligence agency.

Adarsh V.K,

WASHINGTON: SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with the US intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, signaling deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies. The network will be built by SpaceX’s Starshield business unit in a 2021 $1.8 billion contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the intelligence agency that manages spy satellites, sources said. The plans show SpaceX’s involvement in U.S. intelligence and military projects and illustrate the Pentagon’s deeper investment in…

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Grok AI belongs to Elon Musk-owned X AI Corp which has developed the AI chatbot available to its Premium+ users in select markets for now. AI 

Elon Musk Makes Grok AI Chatbot Code Available to Public Through Open Source Initiative

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk-led XAI has made Grok, an AI chatbot, available in open source mode for developers and researchers. The billionaire said last week that he will make Grok available to developers soon. “We are publishing the weights and architecture of our 314 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model Grok-1,” the company said in a blog post. “We are publishing the basic model weights and network architecture of our large language model Grok-1. Grok-1 is a 314 billion parameter Mixture of-Experts model trained from scratch by XAI,” it added. This is a raw…

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Twitter or X has started supporting video and audio calls for all its users recently and we tell you how to get started. News 

X, a competitor of WhatsApp, now allows users to make video and audio calls.

Jim Hendler

The social media platform Twitter, now known as X, continues to evolve. While the microblogging site had previously offered voice and video calling options exclusively to Premium users, Elon Musk, the owner of X, has now made these features available to all users on the platform. With this update, users with an X account can make free calls to other users directly through the platform. The decision to introduce the feature on X makes the app a competitor to platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, which allow users to call…

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X has stringent policies for its users and violating them means the accounts are banned right away. News 

In February 2024, 500,000 Accounts in India Banned for Policy Violations

Adarsh V.K

Elon Musk-led X Corp banned a record 5,06,173 accounts in India between January 26 and February 25, mainly for promoting child sexual abuse and non-consensual nudity. The platform, which is accelerating under Musk, also destroyed 1,982 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. In total, X banned 5,08,155 accounts in the country during the reporting period. In its monthly report under the new IT rules 2021, X said it received 14,421 complaints from users in India during the same period through its complaint redressal mechanisms. In addition,…

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Musk confirmed the details via a post on X this week, but he didn't reveal what parts of the AI chatbot will be available to the public. AI 

Elon Musk confirms that the Grok AI Chatbot will be made open source this week.

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk said Monday that his artificial intelligence (AI) startup XAI will open-source its AI chatbot Grok this week. “This week @xAI is open-sourcing Grok,” Musk wrote on X. The chatbot is currently available to subscribers of X Premium+, X’s highest subscription tier. The microblogging platform has already released access to Grok AI (beta) for Premium+ subscribers in the US. Last year, XAI expanded Grok into India and 46 other countries, including Australia, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Singapore. Musk also said that OpenAI, led by Sam…

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OpenAI challenges Elon Musk's allegations, emphasizing the absence of a founding agreement with him. (AFP) News 

Court Filing by OpenAI Disputes Elon Musk’s Claims as ‘Incoherent’

Adriana Marais,

OpenAI criticized Elon Musk’s accusations against it, stating in a legal document that the billionaire’s claims are based on complex and sometimes unclear factual foundations. The strongly worded filing is the company’s first legal response to Musk’s February lawsuit against the company, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman. Musk argued that the startup had deviated from its mission to build responsible artificial intelligence and that it had become owned by Microsoft Corp., its largest investor. In its filing, OpenAI emphasizes that it has not breached its contract with Musk…

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