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  • Elon Musk Challenges Brazil’s Court Order To Block X Accounts |

    New Delhi: Challenging Brazil’s court order to block certain popular X accounts, tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that he will lift all the restrictions even if they have to close their office in the country.

    This move comes after X Corp has been forced by court decisions to block certain popular accounts in Brazil. “We do not know the reasons these blocking orders have been issued. We do not know which posts are alleged to violate the law,” X wrote in a post.

    We are lifting all restrictions. This judge has applied massive fines, threatened to arrest our employees and cut off access to in Brazil.

    As a result, we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there.

    But principles matter more than…
    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 6, 2024

    “We are prohibited from saying which court or judge issued the order, or on what grounds. We are prohibited from saying which accounts are impacted,” it added.

    Responding to such restrictions put by the Brazilian court, Musk said, “Why are you doing this @alexandre (Alexandre de Moraes, Justice of Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court)?

    Later, in another post, the tech billionaire said, “We are lifting all restrictions. This judge has applied massive fines, threatened to arrest our employees and cut off access to X in Brazil”. (Also Read: OpenAI Used Over A Million Hours Of YouTube Videos To Train Its AI Model: Report)

    “As a result, we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there. But principles matter more than profit,” he added.

    Meanwhile, X has activated the Community Notes feature -a user-based fact-checking programme -in India, as the country prepares for general elections.

    Musk-owned social media platform also welcomed new contributors in India for its community notes feature.

  • Tesla To Showcase A 'Robotaxi' On August 8: Elon Musk

    In 2019, the company had indicated operating robotaxis by 2020. However, the plan did not materialise. 

  • Elon Musk’s Grok-1.5 AI Chatbot Set To Be Available From Next Week

    Grok-1.5, the enhanced version of its chatbot Grok, will be made available to early testers and existing Grok users on X in the coming days

  • Elon Musk Announces xAI's Plan To Open-Source Grok Chatbot Amid OpenAI Dispute

    Grok became available to premium users on X, previously referred to as Twitter in December 2023.

  • Elon Musk Announces X Streaming Service For Long Videos On Smart TVs, Competing With YouTube |

    New Delhi: Elon Musk announced on Saturday that X platform is stepping into the realm of online video streaming, posing a challenge to Google-owned YouTube. This new streaming service will allow users to enjoy long videos directly on their smart TV screens. 

    The company is set to launch a TV app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs, as confirmed by Musk in response to a post by an X user. The user had shared excitement about being able to watch long-form X videos on SmartTVs, to which Musk replied, “coming soon.” (Also Read: Sam Altman Finally Returns To OpenAI Board)

    “We just want people to be able to watch long videos in comfort on their big screen TV,” the billionaire posted on X. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO further said that people can “already use Apple AirPlay to play videos from your phone to your TV”. (Also Read: Flipkart Set To Launch 10-15 Minute Delivery Venture Soon)

    One of his followers commented that this move by X is a “strategic step towards diversifying its platform and competing in the ever-evolving digital content landscape”. “It will be intriguing to see how this foray into video streaming will impact the larger ecosystem of online media consumption. Exciting times ahead,” the user posted.

    Beyond smart TVs, the social media network is also exploring video games, podcasts and long-form writing. Taking on legacy media, X on Friday introduced ‘Articles’ which is a new way to share long-form written content on the platform.

    Premium users who subscribe to X services now have the ability to publish articles on the platform. These articles can include stylized text, embedded images, and videos. Additionally, users can format their text using various features such as headings, sub-headings, bold, italics, strikethrough, indentation, numerical lists, and bulleted lists.(With Inputs From IANS)

  • Elon Musk Sues OpenAI And CEO Sam Altman Over Agreement Breach |

    New Delhi: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, accusing them of violating their initial contractual agreements concerning artificial intelligence (AI). Filed in a San Francisco court in the United States, the lawsuit centers on OpenAI’s recent development of the GPT-4 natural language model.

    The owner of company X has accused OpenAI and Microsoft of improperly licensing GPT-4. This is despite an agreement that the artificial general intelligence capabilities would be non-profit and aimed at serving humanity. (Also Read: Google Removes Some India Matrimony Apps, Executive Calls Move ‘Dark Day’)

    “Musk has long recognised that AGI poses a grave threat to humanity — perhaps the greatest existential threat we face today,” read the lawsuit. (Also Read: UK Woman Discovers Baby’s Rare Eye Cancer Using Phone Flash; Read The Full Story)

    In Musk’s lawsuit, he outlines grievances including breach of contract, violation of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices. Musk served as a founding board member of OpenAI until 2018.

    According to the lawsuit, OpenAI’s initial research was performed in the “open, providing free and public access to designs, models, and code”.

    When OpenAI researchers discovered that an algorithm called “Transformers,” initially invented by Google, could perform many natural language tasks without any explicit training, “entire communities sprung up to enhance and extend the models released by OpenAI”.

    Altman became OpenAI CEO in 2019. On September 22, 2020, OpenAI entered into an agreement with Microsoft, exclusively licensing to Microsoft its Generative PreTrained Transformer (GPT)-3 language model.

    “Most critically, the Microsoft license only applied to OpenAI’s pre-AGI technology. Microsoft obtained no rights to AGI. And it was up to OpenAI’s non-profit Board, not Microsoft, to determine when OpenAI attained AGI,” the lawsuit further read.

    Musk said that this case is filed to compel OpenAI to “adhere to the Founding Agreement and return to its mission to develop AGI for the benefit of humanity, not to personally benefit the individual defendants and the largest technology company in the world”. (With Inputs From IANS)

  • Gmail’s Alternative Xmail Is Coming Soon, Says Elon Musk

    When asked on X if he is planning an email service akin to Gmail, Elon Musk said the service is coming soon.

  • Elon Musk: First Neuralink Patient Can Control Computer Mouse Through Thinking

    Neuralink, valued at approximately $5 billion last year has come under scrutiny for its safety protocols.

  • Carl Pie Suggests Elon Musk To Change His Name To Elon ‘Bhai’; Netizens Flood X With Hilarious Reactions |

    New Delhi: Carl Pei Yu, the CEO of Nothing Phone, known for his innovative approach, has shared a suggestion for Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, regarding opening a factory in India. Pei, who is gearing up to launch the “Nothing Phone 2a” in India next month, proposed that Musk should change his username on the X platform to “Elon Bhai,” to facilitate the establishment of a Tesla factory in the country.

    Carl Pie’s Tweet

    In a lighthearted tweet directed at Musk, Pei humorously questioned whether Musk had considered the necessity of adopting the moniker “Elon Bhai” to proceed with building a Tesla factory in India. (Also Read: Apple iPhone 15 Pro Gets Rs 38,962 Price Cut: Check Bank And Exchange Offers)

    Interestingly, Pei himself has already changed his X username to ‘Carl Bhai’. Pei’s tweet sparked a playful exchange among Twitter users. (Also Read: WATCH: Man Turns Plane Into Luxurious Villa; Viral Video Amazes Anand Mahindra)

    .@elonmusk did you really think you could build a Tesla factory in India without changing your username to Elon Bhai?
    — Carl Bhai (@getpeid) February 18, 2024

    Users Reaction

    One user commented, “You are the Bhai, he will be the Mamu,” while another user humorously suggested different titles for Musk based on various Indian states.

    You are the Bhai, he will be the Mamu
    — Starcommander (@Starcommander10) February 18, 2024

    Depends on the location as well ..If Gujarat then Elon Bhai, If Maharashtra then Elon Bhau, If Telangana then Elon Gaaru, If Haryana then Elon Tau, If Punjab then Elon Paaji, If Tamil Nadu then Elon Anna, If West Bengal then Elon Dada


    — Parag Mandpe (@ParagMandpe) February 19, 2024

    He has to change it to ‘Bun Maska’
    — Raghu (@vennelacheekati) February 18, 2024

    Can anyone ever speak in front of Carl bhai, carl bhaiiiiii!!!
    — Tarun Lochib (@tarunlochib) February 18, 2024

    Still better would be:
    Elone Maska, i.e. Elone Butter because Maska means butter in Hindi.
    So, ईलोन मस्का.
    He is welcome though.@elonmusk
    — Sunil Mehta (@kalki_007) February 19, 2024

    Meanwhile, as per the latest report by The Economic Times, Tesla, under the leadership of Elon Musk, is on the brink of entering the Indian market.

    The government is reportedly in the process of finalizing a policy to extend concessional import duties on electric cars priced above Rs 30 lakh for 2-3 years.

    Import Duty

    India imposes a 100 percent import duty on cars valued at more than Rs 33 lakh and 60 percent for cars below that threshold. Tesla has shown interest in investing up to $2 billion in India, contingent upon the government reducing the import duty of 15 percent on foreign electric vehicles during the initial years of operation.

  • Elon Musk Plans To Relocate 1 million People To Mars |

    New Delhi: Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday announced plans to shift one million people to Mars. “We are mapping out a game plan to get a million people to Mars,” Musk wrote in a post on X.com. “Civilisation only passes the single-planet Great Filter when Mars can survive even if Earth supply ships stop coming,” he added.

    He said this in response to a post which said “Starship is the largest rocket ever built and it’ll take us to Mars”. “One day, a trip to Mars will be like a flight across the country,” replied Musk, to users who asked about the launch of Starship to the Red Planet. (Also Read: How A Security Researcher Defrauded Apple For $2.5 Million- Read Full Story)

    Last week, the SpaceX founder said that the “Starship should be able to make it to the moon in less than 5 years”. He noted that the SpaceX Dragon spaceship will take astronauts the furthest they’ve been from Earth in over half a century. Musk added that a lot of work will be required to live on Mars. (Also Read: Google Takes Action Against Misinformation In Europe; Check Details)

    Further, in January, Musk said he hopes that SpaceX will send humans to the Moon within the next eight years. “What will things be like eight years from now…I think we will have landed on Mars and I think we will have sent people to the Moon,” Musk said.

    He also aims to build a base on the Moon. “Humanity should have a moon base, cities on Mars and be out there among the stars,” the X owner said. “We should have a base on the moon, like a permanently occupied human base on the moon, and then send people to Mars. Maybe there’s something beyond the space station, but we’ll see,” he had said in the past.

    Musk also hopes that the third Starship flight test this year will reach orbit and prove the spacecraft can reliably deorbit.