The AI regulation smackdown isn’t over
The AI regulation smackdown isn’t over

At the start of this week, the who’s-who of AI seemed – at least tentatively – on the side of AI regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development, including by embedding third-party evaluators in labs, coordinating across the domestic industry, and forging international agreements potentially […]

SpaceX will try to put Starship in orbit for the first time on September 22

Elon Musk’s company will also attempt to deploy the first V3 Starlink satellites into its orbital internet constellation.

Tesla’s new Roadster teaser hints at a ‘Cyber’ redesign it doesn’t need
Tesla’s new Roadster teaser hints at a ‘Cyber’ redesign it doesn’t need

Tesla will finally unveil its new Roadster on October 1, more than eight years after it first showed the car in 2017. And a teaser this weekend suggests the production version is getting Tesla’s “Cyber” design treatment.

The teaser shows SpaceX cold…

The Mind-bending Joyrides That Gave Rise to Tesla
The Mind-bending Joyrides That Gave Rise to Tesla

In 2003, Martin Eberhard, a cofounder of Tesla Motors, decided it was time to start wooing investors. To do that, however, he needed an electric car. So he talked to Alan Cocconi and asked if he could borrow the tZero, the revolutionary and blazingly …

Tesla teases new Roadster reveal for October 1: ‘Go for launch’
Tesla teases new Roadster reveal for October 1: ‘Go for launch’

Tesla is teasing an October 1 reveal for the new Tesla Roadster, nine years after it first showed the prototype.

The company posted a “Go for launch” teaser image Friday showing the electric hypercar bathed in rocket-launch lighting, with the date “…

Musk promotes blatant Tesla FSD misuse as crash lawyers rejoice
Musk promotes blatant Tesla FSD misuse as crash lawyers rejoice

Elon Musk is once again promoting the misuse of Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD), this time by amplifying a video of a 98-year-old man who openly admits he has stopped watching the road.

The clip is charming. It’s also a textbook example of the exa…

The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE

The company said it plans to dig more than 150 kilometers of tunnels in the Middle Eastern country.

Elon Musk’s Boring Company raises $3B at $23B valuation, led by UAE
Elon Musk’s Boring Company raises $3B at $23B valuation, led by UAE

The Boring Company has closed a $3 billion Series D funding round led by the United Arab Emirates, valuing Elon Musk’s tunneling venture at $23 billion.

That’s roughly four times its 2022 valuation of about $5.7 billion. And most of the case for it …

I spent an hour riding inside Tesla’s steering-wheel-free Cybercab
I spent an hour riding inside Tesla’s steering-wheel-free Cybercab

Getting out of a taxi shouldn’t be a shameful experience. Yet I find myself feeling particularly embarrassed while exiting a Tesla Cybercab as it partially blocks a narrow road outside a popular Austin swimming hole. As a cadre of annoyed, sweaty Texan parking spot hunters pile up around it, the gold-painted two-seater just sits there […]