Who’s Behind xAI Grok 3, Elon Musk’s ‘Maximally Truth-Seeking A.I.”

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images On Feb. 18, Elon Musk’s xAI unveiled Grok 3, marking the startup’s foray into the advanced A.I. reasoning race dominated by players like Google (GOOGL), OpenAI, and China’s DeepSeek. In a live stream on X, Musk described Grok 3 as a “maximally truth-seeking A.I.” that prioritizes … Read more

Elon Musk’s Tesla fined for alleged ‘serious’ failure to protect Fremont plant workers from excessive heat

Tesla has been fined $13,500 for a “serious” alleged violation of state labor law, after California’s occupational safety regulator found it failed to protect 50 workers at its Fremont electric car factory from excessive heat. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported the state-level finding that Tesla broke a regulation requiring employees “be allowed … Read more

A Timeline of Elon Musk’s (Ongoing) Bid to Buy OpenAI

Elon Musk and Sam Altman speak onstage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Oct. 6, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion offer to acquire OpenAI’s nonprofit arm is the latest salvo in a long-running feud between the billionaire and Sam Altman, CEO the … Read more