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May 10, 2024

Neuralink Admits That Implant’s Threads Have Retracted From First Patient’s Brain, Possibly Due to Air in Skull

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In January, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk announced that his brain-computer interface startup Neuralink had successfully implanted a wireless brain chip into a human subject for the first time.

Over the next couple of months, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh was shown moving a cursor with his mind, playing Civilization VI and even a fast-paced round of Mario Kart.

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May 9, 2024

Elon Musk’s Artificial Intelligence Startup xAI Reportedly Nears $18 Billion Valuation With Fresh Funding As AI Race Heats Up

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The funding would provide Musk’s venture, which is behind the Grok AI chatbot, a welcome boost in its efforts to catch up to AI rivals like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.

May 9, 2024

Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Patient Now Beats Friends in Video Games

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience

Neuralink’s first human patient has become so adept at using the company’s brain implant that he can now beat other players at video games.

On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s company provided a progress update on Noland Arbaugh, who received a brain implant in January that lets him remotely control the cursor on a laptop.

In March, Neuralink revealed that Arbaugh was using the implant to play games including Chess, Civilization VI, and Mario Kart. In Wednesday’s update, the company reported that Arbaugh’s use of the implant has only improved over time.

May 9, 2024

Elon Musk outlines upcoming Tesla Full Self-Driving updates

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Elon Musk has given an update with an outline for Tesla’s upcoming Full Self-Driving (FSD) software updates.

With FSD v12 and the upcoming launch of Tesla’s dedicated Robotaxi, there’s a lot of excitement around Tesla’s self-driving effort.

Musk is again in the too-familiar position of predicting that the automaker is close to releasing a true self-driving system, but the path to get there is still far from clear.

May 8, 2024

Elon Musk’s Management Style at Tesla: A Key to Success

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Elon Musk’s unique management style at Tesla, which involves small, highly technical teams, removing underperforming employees, and creating challenging deadlines, has been crucial to the company’s success Questions to inspire discussion Who is Andrej Karpathy? —Andrej Karpathy is a highly respected computer scientist who served as the Director of AI and Autopilot at Tesla and co-founded OpenAI.

May 8, 2024

Tesla releases new Optimus humanoid robot video that creates controversy

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Tesla has released a new video of a prototype of Optimus, its humanoid robot, and it created some controversy as some disagree about how impressive it is.

Last month, Elon Musk gave an update on the timing for the rollout of Optimus. The CEO says that Optimus is already performing factory tasks inside its lab. He believes that Optimus will be used to perform real tasks inside actual Tesla factories by the end of the year.

Furthermore, Musk said that he believes Tesla could start selling its Optimus humanoid robot to customers outside of the company by the end of 2025.

May 8, 2024

Elon Musk Says Warren Buffett Should Buy Tesla Stock

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Warren Buffett addressed Tesla’s Full Self-Driving over the weekend.

May 7, 2024

Tesla Optimus humanoid robot to get more dexterous hands: Elon Musk

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Elon Musk confirms Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus will soon have hands with 22 Degrees of Freedom, enhancing its dexterity for complex tasks.

May 5, 2024

Elon Musk’s Grok Will Get All Its News From X

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“As more information becomes available, the news summary will update to include that information,” Musk told Big Technology. “The goal is simple: to provide maximally accurate and timely information, citing the most significant sources.”

Apr 29, 2024

Elon Musk heads to China as Tesla pushes self-driving technology rollout

Posted by in categories: economics, Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has arrived in Beijing on an unannounced trip, where he is expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to transfer data overseas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Chinese state media reported that he met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Mr Li told Mr Musk that Tesla’s development in China could be regarded as a successful example of US-China economic and trade cooperation.

“Honoured to meet with Premier Li Qiang. We have known each other now for many years, since early Shanghai days,” Mr Musk posted on social media platform X, as he appeared in a picture with the premier.

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