Elon Musk
- Analysis
- AI
With OpenAI’s Sora gone, who will take up the AI video mantle?
Sora created whole cottage industries and let millions of people create videos at will, but now there’s a void to be filled.
- Tim Biggs
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Data centres in space? That’s less crazy than you think
Elon Musk and other tech leaders explore building data centres in space to overcome terrestrial constraints, with launch costs and satellite efficiency key factors.
- The Economist
‘I’ve waited 10 years for the truth’: The billionaire, the French president and the satellite that crashed to Earth
NewSat investor Ching Chiat Kwong has returned to Australia to mete out retribution over the company’s 2015 failure via a case brought by liquidators that could drag in Emmanuel Macron.
- Sarah Danckert
Trump orders military to stop using Claude chatbot in clash over AI safety
World-leading AI start-up Anthropic had sought assurances from the government that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or mass surveillance.
- Matt O'Brien and Konstantin Toropin
- Exclusive
- Electric vehicles
Queensland Tesla registrations in free-fall, as Musk embraces far-right
New data has revealed a sharp reversal in Tesla’s fortunes in Queensland, with the slump attributed to a combination of market saturation and political fallout.
- Cameron Atfield
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Charity
The million-plus students cut off from computers in this age of billionaire excess
Once, mothers’ clubs quietly helped students do their homework. Today, companies are being asked to donate disused computers for the same purpose.
- Tony Wright
‘Billionaire bunker’ blooms as Zuckerberg moves house
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has joined the exodus of the ultrarich out of California seeking to avoid a new “wealth tax” by moving to a luxury private island.
- Lily Shanagher
To the moon: Elon Musk announces major change to his plan to save civilisation
The world’s richest person announced that his SpaceX company had shifted focus away from populating Mars to building a “self-growing city” on the moon.
- Loren Grush
‘It’s on fire’: Tesla sued over trapped driver as safety concerns grow
Days after China banned electric car doors, a US lawsuit alleged a 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded for help to escape moments before he died.
- Elias Visontay, Dana Hull and Madlin Mekelburg
- Opinion
- Mergers & acquisitions
Why Elon Musk just created a $1.8 trillion space monster
Elon Musk has always had a remarkable capacity to convince investors to help pay for his fantastical dreams.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz