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Mar 18, 2024

Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

1:05 — OpenAI board saga 18:31 — Ilya Sutskever 24:40 — Elon Musk lawsuit 34:32 — Sora 44:23 — GPT-4 55:32 — Memory & privacy 1:02:36 — Q* 1:06:12 — GPT-5 1:09:27 — $7 trillion of compute 1:17:35 — Google and Gemini…


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Mar 15, 2024

India cuts import taxes on EVs in win for Tesla’s entry plans

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, government, policy, sustainability, transportation

India will lower import taxes on certain electric vehicles for companies committing to invest at least $500 million and setting up a local manufacturing facility within three years, a policy shift that could potentially bolster Tesla’s plans to enter the South Asian market.

Companies must invest a minimum of $500 million in the country and will have three years to establish local manufacturing for EVs with at least 25% of components sourced domestically, according to a government press release on Friday. Firms meeting these requirements will be allowed to import 8,000 EVs a year at a reduced import duty of 15% on cars costing $35,000 and above. India currently levies a tax of 70% to 100% on imported cars depending on their value.

The policy change is likely going to pave the way for Tesla to enter India, as the Elon Musk-led company has been in talks with the government to lower import duties on its electric cars for years. The move also aligns with India’s goal to boost the adoption of EVs and reduce its dependence on oil imports, with the country setting a target of achieving 30% electric car sales by 2030.

Mar 15, 2024

This New Robot Is So Far Ahead of Elon Musk’s Optimus That It’s Almost Embarrassing

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

Tesla’s Optimus is taking baby steps while OpenAI’s Figure 1 is doing burnouts on the track.

Mar 14, 2024

Larry Ellison and Elon Musk teaming up to bring AI to farming

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, mapping, robotics/AI, space travel, sustainability

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is teaming up with Larry Ellison’s Oracle to help farms plan and predict their agricultural output using an AI tool.

Larry Ellison said on Oracle’s earnings call on Monday that it’s collaborating with Musk and SpaceX to create the AI-powered mapping application for governments. The tool creates a map of a country’s farms and shows what each of them is growing.

The Oracle executive chairman said the tool could help farms assess the steps needed to increase their output, and whether fields had enough water and nitrogen.

Mar 14, 2024

Elon Musk says AI will be smarter than any human next year

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, robotics/AI

Musk made this comment while reposting a clip from Joe Rogans podcast with American computer scientist Ray Kurzweil. The topic was when AI will achieve human-level intelligence. Musk said that “AI will probably be smarter than any single human next year.”

Mar 13, 2024

Tesla pushes new FSD Beta v12 update, no new note, but Musk says it’s a ‘big release’

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Tesla has started to push a new Full Self-Driving Beta v12 software update. It’s still not going wide, there’s no new release note, but CEO Elon Musk says it’s a “big release”

When talking about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving program, it’s hard not to talk about delays.

Tesla fans would argue that the company is trying to solve a major problem in self-driving and we should cut it some slack when it comes. The counter argument is that Tesla started selling Full Self-Driving since 2016 and by doing it, it created pressure on itself to deliver on its promise.

Mar 11, 2024

Why Elon Musk Had to Open Source Grok, His Answer to ChatGPT

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to give away his own “truth-seeking” chatbot Grok for free.

Mar 10, 2024

Exclusive: Elon Musk’s X is launching a YouTube clone for smart TVs, starting with Amazon and Samsung, in its bid to pivot to video

Posted by in categories: electronics, Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s X is doubling down on its shift to video with the introduction of its own TV app, launching next week.

Mar 9, 2024

Elon Musk Says Starship Will Spin for Artificial Gravity

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

SpaceX is gearing up for its third attempt to get its massive Starship spacecraft into orbit. In a recent update, the company hinted at a March 14 launch “pending regulatory approval.”

Meanwhile, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is already thinking many steps ahead, envisioning what’ll be like to travel on board the spacecraft all the way to Mars.

“Starship will have a small spin on the way to Mars,” Musk replied after Id Software founder John Carmack suggested SpaceX should try to spin its Dragon astronaut shuttle to test out spin gravity. “Even a tiny gravity vector is better than none.”

Mar 9, 2024

Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit Sparks Questions About GenAI And AGI

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit—and OpenAI’s response—raise questions about generative AI, artificial general intelligence and the relationship between the two.

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