Elon Musk reacts at a federal courthouse during a recess of the trial. Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters Elon Musk took the stand on Tuesday at a high-stakes trial over the future of OpenAI, casting his lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker as a defence of charitable giving. The world’s richest person is suing OpenAI, its co-founder and its…
The case over OpenAI’s history and public commitments could have major implications for the future of AI.
The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and the leading AI firm, OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, may come down to a few pages in one executive’s personal diary. “This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,” wrote Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and a co-founder, in 2017. “Is he the ‘glorious…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has attacked South Africa’s head of public diplomacy, Clayson Monyela SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called a senior South African government official “a fucking racist” and an “asshole” in the latest escalation of his long-running public dispute with Pretoria over the licensing of his Starlink satellite broadband service. The exchange, which…
Intel has announced a strategic partnership to help Elon Musk design and construct his ambitious Terafab in Austin, Texas. The facility is a joint venture between Musk’s various enterprises, including Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, dedicated to manufacturing the specialized hardware required for large-scale AI projects. Read: ShopriteX debuts Pixie, an AI assistant for Sixty60 First…
Elon Musk arrives at federal court on March 4, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Josh Edelson | Getty Images A jury in California found that Elon Musk defrauded Twitter shareholders during the runup to his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, according to a verdict issued on Friday. Total damages could reach up…
Elon Musk. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters Elon Musk on Wednesday unveiled a joint project between Tesla and his artificial intelligence startup xAI, which he called “Macrohard” or “Digital Optimus”, and said that it was a system capable of emulating the functions of software companies. In a post on his social media platform X, Musk said the…
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a “self‑growing city” on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years. SpaceX still intends to start on Musk’s long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years, he wrote on his X…
Musk says solar powered and space-based data centres are the only way to meet AI’s burgeoning energy demands. Published On 3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his AI company xAI as part of an ambitious scheme to build space-based data centres to…
Elon Musk. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters SpaceX is exploring deals with other companies helmed by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, leaving investors working through permutations between space, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence to analyse which combination makes the most sense. The rocket maker is in discussions to merge with xAI ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for…
