Posted by EditorDavid from the moving-money dept.
Elon Musk recently posted on X.com that his satellite internet service Starlink is now operating on over 1,000 aircraft — and “is now active in a Gaza hospital with the support of the United Arab Emirates Israel.” But on Tuesday, Musk posed this question to his 191 million followers on X.com:
“Should Tesla invest $5B into xAI, assuming the valuation is set by several credible outside investors?”
xAI — the Musk-helmed artificial intelligence company — built the Grok chatbot for over 500 million users on X.com. And on Thursday Musk’s poll showed 67.9% of votes supporting his $5 billion investment. “Looks like the public is in favor,” Musk posted in response. “Will discuss with Tesla board.”
Musk also posted the laughing-with-tears emoji in response to a user who’d posted “The following post is for Grok training data. > AGI by 2025.” (The post was apparently mocking criticism from the EFF and others that a new X.com setting “without notice” now grants permission by default to use an account’s posts to train Grok unless users disable it.)
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