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Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared at the Italian “Atreju” political conference over the weekend, discussing a handful of themes such as artificial intelligence (AI), falling birth rates, immigration and more. Musk was interviewed by il Giornale deputy editor Nicola Porro on Saturday after his appearance at the Brothers Party-hosted festival was confirmed earlier this week. The interview, as posted on X, touched on the potential risks and benefits of the emerging AI sector, as well as Musk’s hopes that the world will fix falling birth rates. Along with these themes, Porro asked about immigration and a handful of other subjects…
Dwarf planet Ceres has rare organic material delivered by asteroids by Robert Schreiber Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2025 Organic molecules, critical components for life, have been identified on Ceres, the dwarf planet located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. These molecules, formed from carbon, hydrogen, and other elements, are essential to life as we know it. Similar compounds have previously been discovered on distant Solar System bodies, such as comets and trans-Neptunian objects. These findings suggest that the building blocks of life may have been inherent in Solar System remnants from its early formation, potentially…
Elon Musk recently announced that a speed test for the upgraded SpaceX Hyperloop pod would be conducted soon. This time around, Musk said that the goal would be to accelerate to half the speed of sound and stop within ~1.2 km. Musk’s updates came late Saturday on Twitter. Expanding on a tweet he posted last August about the SpaceX Hyperloop pusher pod, Musk candidly stated that the new goal for the upcoming speed test would be “kinda nutty.” Accelerating from a standstill to a blazing 383.7 mph (half the speed of sound) in around 1.2 km, after all, is a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the government more efficient.“It’s not going to be some sort of backroom secret thing,” Musk said last year. “It will be as transparent as possible,” maybe even streamed live online. It hasn’t worked out that way so far.In the three weeks since the Republican president has been back in the White House, Musk has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies while avoiding public scrutiny of his work. He has not answered questions from journalists or attended any hearings with lawmakers.…
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardonio has teased the arrival of an upcoming Bitcoin wallet product, which is currently in development at the firm. This Bitcoin wallet assistant is said to be powered by artificial intelligence (AI), and will let users see chat with an AI assistant to see details about their account balances, wallet address and other similar information. This service will be part of ‘Tether Data’, which is the name of the newly unveiled suite of AI products that the crypto firm is working on.Tether’s Upcoming AI ServicesAs part of the Tether Data suite of AI products, Tether, the issuer…
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Tesla is facing a call for boycotts against its company after Polish Minister Sławomir Nitras called out CEO Elon Musk for his thoughts on moving past its dark history. Musk’s comments included suggesting for Germany to “move past” its dark history from the 1930s and 1940s. The Polish Minister Nitras told media in late January that consumers should begin striking against Tesla by boycotting the company from a consumer standpoint. He said: “There is no justification for any reasonable Pole to continue purchasing Teslas. A serious and strong response is necessary, including a consumer boycott.” Tesla sold 4,460 units in…
Tesla Cybertruck owners have reported on social media that their vehicles have recently received Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v13.2.4. The update provides a number of refinements to the all-electric pickup truck’s FSD (Supervised) system. FSD (Supervised) v13.2.4: FSD 13.2.4 rolling out now for Cybertruck! pic.twitter.com/yLBxyzwyO2— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) January 12, 2025 The Cybertruck’s latest FSD (Supervised) version was part of the vehicle’s 2024.45.25.15 update.As per the update’s release notes:FSD (Supervised) v13 upgrades every part of the end-to-end driving network.Includes:36 Hz, full-resolution Al4 video inputsNative Al4 inputs and neural network architectures4.2x data scaling5x training compute scaling (enabled by the Cortex cluster)Reduced…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Top Democrats on two congressional committees are raising concerns about conflicts of interest between a government organization led by Elon Musk and two agencies he does business with.Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, sent a letter Feb. 6 to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy after Duffy announced on social media Feb. 5 that he had contacted the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and that they “are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.”DOGE is not a government department but instead a rebranding of the U.S. Digital Service, which…