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Daniel John

Movie director's attack on Elon Musk's 'stolen' Tesla design is a bit of a stretch

Tesla concepts and a robot from I, Robot.

Tesla recently unveiled a bunch of new prototypes at its 'We, Robot' event in Los Angeles. And by 'a bunch', we mean literally 20 vehicles. And of course, the event was filled with Tesla Optimus robots interacting with guests and serving drinks – naturally. If you think the whole thing sounds straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie, you're not alone – so does the director of a dystopian sci-fi movie.

I, Robot director Alex Proyas took to Twitter (sorry, X) this week to accuse Elon Musk of lifting his designs and ideas, highlighting three separate new Tesla products that do indeed bear striking similarities to designs from his 2004 film. But with Musk's event titled 'We, Robot', is Proyas really surprised?

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