Ryanair couldn’t possibly be owned by a bigger jackass than Michael O'Leary…
Elon Musk: hold my beer
Alex Akselrod
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Elon Musk is seeking between $79 billion and $134 billion in damages over his claims that OpenAI defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit roots and partnering with Microsoft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/18/musk-damages-openai-microsoft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #elonmusk #openai #microsoft #ai
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink, which has served as a lifeline against state-imposed internet blackouts since its use in the Ukraine war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/17/tech/starlink-internet-test-iran-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #iran #starlink #elonmusk #spacex #tech #internet
Tim Chambers
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"If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists."
Interesting column from @TheAtlantic: "Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This."
"If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists."
Interesting column from @TheAtlantic: "Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This."
Japan has joined the growing list of countries probing X over Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok and the chatbot’s role in creating and spreading sexualized images of people without their consent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/16/tech/grok-japan-scrutiny-sexual-images/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #grok #ai #elonmusk #socialmedia #x #deepfakes #childabuse #childporn #chatbots
OpenAI and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman’s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from the software giant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/16/tech/elon-musk-openai-microsoft-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #elonmusk #samaltman #openai #microsoft #tech #artificialintelligence
Arizona investigating Musk/twitter/grok for generating non-consensual nudes, including of children
samvie
and 3 others
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Trotz Kritik an X: EU-Spitzen weiterhin nicht bei Mastodon
Von der Leyen & Co. kritisieren X scharf, posten auf Elon Musks Plattform aber weiterhin politische Botschaften – nicht hingegen bei der deutschen Konkurrenz.
Denke drueber nach, diese #ElonMusk Figur in Serie zu produzieren 😎
manisha
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When I was a freelance BBC presenter I was told I should not criticise the Royal Society when I wrote in support of Professor Dorothy Bishop’s resignation. I’m not now , so I can say that I think the society’s position on Elon Musk is troubling and wrong. Also, I’m not sure how many other fellows are there primarily because they are businessmen rather than scientists. #elonmusk #science #space #physics
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When I was a freelance BBC presenter I was told I should not criticise the Royal Society when I wrote in support of Professor Dorothy Bishop’s resignation. I’m not now , so I can say that I think the society’s position on Elon Musk is troubling and wrong. Also, I’m not sure how many other fellows are there primarily because they are businessmen rather than scientists. #elonmusk #science #space #physics
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Chip Butty
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UPDATE: a spokesperson from JP Morgan Chase told the Texas Observer they fired the operator of a neo-Nazi X account who we identified as their employee.
"This person is no longer at the firm. We do not tolerate hate in any form and take incidents such as this very seriously."
https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/
#politics #USpol #extremism #racism #antisemitism #Texas #news #SocialMedia #ElonMusk
Elon Musk’s company xAI is facing global backlash over sexualized “deepfake” images of women and children created by its Grok chatbot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/14/tech/ai-deepfakes-elon-musk-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #x #grok #elonmusk #ai #deepfakes #childabuse #childporn