A new four-hour documentary by Alex Gibney, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, includes interviews with Elon Musk's first wife Justine Musk, who says he referred to the mothers of his children as interchangeable "breeders." She also described incidents of gaslighting, including Musk misremembering who was holding their infant son when he died of SIDS, and recalled him calling himself "the alpha" at their wedding. Musk has publicly dismissed the film as a "hit piece."
futurism.com
· 2026-09-10
Tesla has begun distributing a 'Robotaxi interest form' encouraging entrepreneurs to buy fleets of its two-seat Cybercab and share ride revenue with the company as it expands robotaxi operations in Austin. The push follows Elon Musk's long-standing claims that self-driving Tesla vehicles could become passive income machines for owners.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-10
Documentarian Alex Gibney's new film 'Musk' debuted at the Venice Film Festival, offering an extensive, unflinching look at Elon Musk's business practices and personal controversies. Reports indicate Musk attempted to suppress the film, including allegedly offering ex-partner Ashley St. Clair $40 million to stay silent about her role in it. St. Clair, one of four women connected to the documentary, publicly disclosed the alleged offer to journalists at the festival.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-08
An Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767-300 overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, tearing through a chain-link fence and striking a ground crew and an SUV before stopping just feet from a lot of parked Tesla Cybercabs. Five people were killed in the crash. Elon Musk's only public response so far has been a one-word tweet, 'Weird.'
futurism.com
· 2026-09-08
Tesla halted supply of its Solar Roof tiles in August, telling certified installers it would only ship standard solar panels going forward. Contractors say they spent weeks in specialized training and completed supervised installations to become certified, only to be left with sunk costs once Tesla pulled the product after roughly 3,000 total US installations over seven years.
electrek.co
· 2026-09-07
Tesla is circulating an interest form asking businesses whether they want to purchase and operate their own Cybercab fleets on its robotaxi network, splitting revenue with the company. This mirrors a promise Elon Musk made back in 2019, when he claimed owners could earn up to $30,000 a year in gross profit by putting their cars on the 'Tesla Network,' a plan that never materialized for any owner.
electrek.co
· 2026-09-07
Elon Musk argued on X that chess has only a small number of meaningful moves and predicted the game would eventually be fully solved by computers, similar to checkers. Chess.com's official account pushed back with a blunt 'skill issue' reply, prompting a back-and-forth in which Musk doubled down and speculated that a future superintelligence could compress and solve the game in ways humans can't grasp.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-07
US District Judge Donovan Frank has again ruled against Elon Musk's xAI in its effort to halt Minnesota's law banning AI tools that create non-consensual sexualized images. The judge denied xAI's preliminary injunction request, finding the company failed to prove it would suffer irreparable harm while its First Amendment lawsuit against the state proceeds. Minnesota's law, effective since August 1, imposes fines of $500,000 per unlawful image access, penalties xAI argues could total billions of dollars.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-07
Tesla began operating its first Cybercabs, which have no steering wheel or pedals, on Austin streets, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation just hours later. Only 45 Cybercabs are currently registered in Texas, and CEO Elon Musk was notably absent from the vehicle's public debut event, which drew a muted response from investors.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-06
Several board members from Elon Musk's companies, including SpaceX and Tesla, are directing personal funding toward psychedelic research and a startup pursuing regulatory approval for MDMA-assisted therapy. The investments span both academic studies and commercial drug-development efforts aimed at treating conditions like PTSD.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-05
Tesla opened its Cybercab robotaxi service to paying customers in Austin via its Robotaxi app, with 45 vehicles now running commercially. Shortly after, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into the vehicle, which lacks a steering wheel, pedals and mirrors, since Tesla self-certified the design.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-04
Tesla shares dropped 6% Friday after a subdued, invite-only Cybercab event in Austin left Wall Street unimpressed. The two-seat, driverless Cybercab began limited rides through Tesla's Robotaxi app within a geofenced Austin zone, but the company offered little new detail on pricing, production timelines or regulatory clearance, and Elon Musk did not attend.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-04
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