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Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government ‘less dumb’

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A senior Elon Musk staffer has created a custom AI chatbot that purports to help the Department of Government Efficiency eliminate government waste and is powered by Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, TechCrunch has learned. The chatbot, which is publicly accessible, is hosted on a DOGE-named subdomain on the website of Christopher Stanley, who works […]

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, late Monday night, along with new capabilities in the Grok apps for iOS and the web. Grok, xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini, can analyze images and respond to questions, and powers a number of features on Musk’s social network, X.

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Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center

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The Trump Administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, reports CNN. The firings, which began late Friday night, come as Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been tapped to help create a new air traffic control system. It’s not yet clear how many workers were fired, but the

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X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers

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Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a link that’s used to contact them directly through the service. The blocks, which impact direct messages, public posts, and profile pages, were first spotted by the blog Disruptionist. 

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How this weekend’s ‘Tesla Takeover’ protests against Elon Musk came together on Bluesky

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As Elon Musk and his acolytes rip through the federal government looking for agencies to throw into the “wood chipper,” a grassroots effort to hit the world’s richest man where it hurts is picking up steam. The courts are busy contesting the actions of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the judicial system is slow

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, said to be in talks to raise $10B

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is said to be in talks to raise $10 billion in a round that would value xAI at $75 billion. Bloomberg reported Friday that xAI is canvassing existing investors, including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Valor Equity Partners for the round, which would bring xAI’s total raised to $22.4 billion,

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Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details

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A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk’s x.AI offered to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion last week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed the proposal, which would gum up OpenAI’s planned conversion from a non-profit, something Musk is attempting to block in a lawsuit.  Altman’s lawyers argued in a Wednesday filing that Musk can’t

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