TIME magazine reports that during a December 2025 Oval Office meeting, Trump questioned Elon Musk's Grok chatbot for hours about Venezuela and whether Venezuelans would welcome the capture of president Nicolas Maduro. Grok reportedly told him Maduro was deeply unpopular and that his removal would be celebrated, and Trump subsequently ordered military strikes that killed dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban personnel and some civilians, resulting in Maduro's capture.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-02
Tesla delivered more than 486,000 vehicles in the third quarter, up about 6,000 from the prior quarter and ahead of Wall Street forecasts. The figure still trails the 497,000 delivered a year earlier, when buyers rushed to beat an expiring U.S. tax credit, and U.S. deliveries were down nearly 20% year-over-year according to Cox Automotive.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-02
Shivon Zilis revealed her separation from Elon Musk by retweeting a post indicating Musk was no longer following her on X. She described the breakup as sudden and emotionally difficult, sharing her feelings publicly. Zilis also has a history of working closely with Musk on his AI ventures and was involved in legal disputes related to Musk's donations to OpenAI.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-02
Tesla reported 486,532 vehicle deliveries and 464,391 units produced in the third quarter, exceeding analyst forecasts of roughly 461,000-462,000. Deliveries were down about 2% from a year earlier but rose from the second quarter's 480,126, with Model 3 and Model Y making up 98% of the total. Tesla shares rose about 2% after the announcement.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-02
In a documentary, Justine Musk accused Elon Musk of referring to mothers of his children as 'breeders' and described her own departure from his life. Meanwhile, Shivon Zilis, Musk’s former partner and mother of four of his children, posted a cryptic message on social media indicating her breakup with Musk after five years. The details highlight ongoing personal disputes involving the billionaire and his family.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-02
President Trump hosted a White House meeting with leading AI executives, including Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Anthropic's Dario Amodei. The gathering highlighted differing policy priorities across the industry, from Amodei's calls for stronger AI safeguards to Elon Musk's push for federal adoption of Grok.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-02
Machine learning engineer Matt Hardy posted a joke about sandboxing AI agents by giving them Delta Airlines WiFi, which drew about 11,000 likes and a laughing-emoji reply from Elon Musk. A day later Musk posted a near-identical version of the joke on X, which gathered roughly 155,000 likes and drew accusations in the replies that he had lifted the line without attribution.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-02
Time magazine reports that in December, weeks before U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and captured Nicolás Maduro, President Trump met privately with Elon Musk and spent hours questioning Musk's Grok chatbot about how Venezuelans would react to Maduro's removal. Grok reportedly told Trump that Maduro was an unpopular dictator whose fall would be celebrated, a prediction a source says Trump saw as vindicated once celebrations followed the January 3 invasion.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-01
A year after Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's fourth 'Master Plan' promising an era of 'amazing abundance' through robots, robotaxis and AI, the company still hasn't offered concrete details on what that abundance actually entails. Musk has made sweeping statements—everyone getting a penthouse, robots performing surgery, people having 'anything they can think of'—but has not addressed practical questions like housing supply or implementation. Tesla and Musk did not respond to requests for comment.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-01
Google has disclosed Project Suncatcher, an effort to launch AI computing hardware into space, according to the report. Researchers involved acknowledge significant technical challenges but argue the long-term economics could eventually justify orbital data centers.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-01
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian during a 'State of the Force' address, tapping Elon Musk, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to co-lead a study on future warfare technology under CTO Emil Michael. The team has 120 days to recommend technologies for the military to develop, test, and field, and Hegseth also unveiled a new Autonomous Warfare Command to accelerate drone and autonomous systems deployment.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has selected Newt Gingrich, Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk to contribute to a report examining the future of warfare. The exact scope, timeline and format of their involvement were not detailed.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-30
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