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Tesla Wants $50,000 Deposits For A Roadster Nobody Has Seen Yet

Tesla reopened reservations for the Roadster. A place in line will cost you $50,000—two weeks before even seeing it.

InsideEVs · Sep 21

Elon Musk is keeping his spending in Texas Senate race low-profile, and Republicans want him to keep it that way

Democrats wants Elon to bring it on.

We Got This Covered · Sep 21

‘They must be doing it for ulterior reasons’: Jensen Huang says AI leaders are ‘irresponsible’ for scaring the public with ‘doomsday narratives’

The Nvidia CEO says “there is a 0% chance” of AI doomsday—and the AI pioneers may have their own motives for pushing AI slowdown.

Fortune · Sep 21

Trump Calls AI Fears a 'Hoax' as Family Deepens Investments Across AI Economy

Donald Trump has rejected warnings about catastrophic AI risks as reporting examines his family's investments and businesses linked to artificial intelligence, data centres and energy infrastructure.

International Business Times UK · Sep 21

We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse

Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy

The Guardian - US · Sep 21

Elon Musk Moon city: World’s richest man plans self-growing city within 10 years, but scientists warn of a major problem that could hamper his plans

Elon Musk is planning a self-growing city on the Moon that could eventually house millions of people. But a new study has raised a major concern: there may not be enough water on the Moon to support such a large population for long.

The Economic Times · Sep 21

Tesla Is Taking $50,000 Roadster Deposits Again. Only Nine Years Later

Tesla Roadster deposits return with a $50,000 deposit that raises questions about pricing and real production timing.

Motor1 · Sep 21

Elon Musk's mom isn't fussy about where she sleeps either—Maye Musk stays in a garage when she visits the Tesla CEO in Texas

"I can sleep there, or 45 minutes to go in a suite in a hotel. No, I'll sleep in the garage."

Fortune · Sep 21

AI Companies Are Buying Millions of Books, Chopping Off Their Spines, and Destroying Them to Train Chatbots

Court records reveal Anthropic's Project Panama: millions of books were bought, cut apart, and scanned to train AI models, amid copyright disputes.

International Business Times UK · Sep 21

The midterms are a stress test for American media

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Fortune · Sep 21