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The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, may be expanding his influence. On Wednesday, Semafor reported that Musk may soon take a stake in two of the largest television news operations in the country because of Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros.
Semafor reports that Paramount execs “have discussed asking Elon Musk to become part of a syndicate of equity investors into Paramount,” citing anonymous sources. There’s no word on how much Musk might be asked to invest or even if it’s actually going to happen.
Elon Musk says a 200-mph Hyperloop could connect Austin and San Antonio in under 30 minutes. Here’s what we know about the Texas proposal.
A trial over allegations of racial harassment at Elon Musk‘s Tesla’s Fremont factory opened in California. The Civil Rights Department is seeking legal action against the company over alleged racial
His known political giving so far this cycle falls short of the $290 million he gave to elect Trump and other Republicans in 2024
It's directed by Alex Gibney, who has made a series of documentaries on controversial subjects. He directed both Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, in addition to films about Elizabeth Holmes and America's torture practices during the War on Terror.
This is a screenshot of the post with a red circle added by Lead Stories highlighting the AI label: Lead Stories uploaded the fake photo of the state dinner head table to Hive Moderation (archived here).
Elon Musk said Thursday he was “cautiously optimistic” SpaceX could match the frontier AI models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic.
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.