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May 13, 2024

SpaceX Starship’s next launch ‘probably 3 to 5 weeks’ away, Elon Musk says

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We’re likely still a month or so away from the next launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket.

That was the timeline Elon Musk offered in a post on X over the weekend, saying Starship’s next test flight is “probably 3 to 5 weeks” away. “Objective is for the ship to get past max heating, or at least further than last time,” the billionaire entrepreneur added.

May 12, 2024

Tesla is about to remove steering wheel nag with new Full Self-Driving update

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

Tesla is planning to remove the steering wheel nag, which alerts drivers to apply torque on the steering wheel, with a new Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) update coming next week.

Yesterday, we reported on CEO Elon Musk giving an outline of the upcoming FSD software updates.

The CEO says that Tesla is preparing to launch fully retrained models in FSD v12.4 as soon as next week.

May 11, 2024

SpaceX set to rock Florida with bigger Starship launches

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space

SpaceX’s Starship is coming to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida – and its plan to use the launch facility means the Federal Aviation Administration will probe the potential environmental impact of Elon Musk’s most powerful rockets blasting off the US East Coast.

NASA’s Environmental Assessment (EA) for the whole affair was completed in September 2019. The potential environmental impact of constructing and operating the site for Starship Super Heavy vehicles was considered, and a Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was made.

However, that was for approximately 24 Starship Super Heavy launches per year. According to the FAA, SpaceX’s latest proposal would involve constructing the necessary infrastructure to support up to 44 launches per year.

May 11, 2024

$100b Slaughterbots. Godfather of AI shows how AI will kill us, how to avoid it

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, existential risks, robotics/AI

New Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics and Figure 1 from OpenAI, leaked $100b OpenAI plan and a new project to avoid our extinction.
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May 10, 2024

Tony Seba just revealed why Elon Musk is no longer interested in EVs

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

Disruptive innovations in technology, such as humanoid robots and electric vehicles, will lead to significant changes in labor, economy, and society, posing both opportunities and challenges for the future Questions to inspire discussion What are the predictions about the future of electric vehicles? —Tony Seba and hi.

May 10, 2024

‘I don’t see any evidence of aliens.’ SpaceX’s Elon Musk says Starlink satellites have never dodged UFOs

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, satellites

SpaceX, with the Starlink constellation, has roughly 6,000 satellites, and not once have we had to maneuver around a UFO.

May 10, 2024

Neuralink Admits That Implant’s Threads Have Retracted From First Patient’s Brain, Possibly Due to Air in Skull

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience

Not ideal!


In January, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk announced that his brain-computer interface startup Neuralink had successfully implanted a wireless brain chip into a human subject for the first time.

Over the next couple of months, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh was shown moving a cursor with his mind, playing Civilization VI and even a fast-paced round of Mario Kart.

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May 9, 2024

Elon Musk’s Artificial Intelligence Startup xAI Reportedly Nears $18 Billion Valuation With Fresh Funding As AI Race Heats Up

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

The funding would provide Musk’s venture, which is behind the Grok AI chatbot, a welcome boost in its efforts to catch up to AI rivals like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.

May 9, 2024

Neuralink’s First Brain Implant Patient Now Beats Friends in Video Games

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience

Neuralink’s first human patient has become so adept at using the company’s brain implant that he can now beat other players at video games.

On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s company provided a progress update on Noland Arbaugh, who received a brain implant in January that lets him remotely control the cursor on a laptop.

In March, Neuralink revealed that Arbaugh was using the implant to play games including Chess, Civilization VI, and Mario Kart. In Wednesday’s update, the company reported that Arbaugh’s use of the implant has only improved over time.

May 9, 2024

Elon Musk outlines upcoming Tesla Full Self-Driving updates

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

Elon Musk has given an update with an outline for Tesla’s upcoming Full Self-Driving (FSD) software updates.

With FSD v12 and the upcoming launch of Tesla’s dedicated Robotaxi, there’s a lot of excitement around Tesla’s self-driving effort.

Musk is again in the too-familiar position of predicting that the automaker is close to releasing a true self-driving system, but the path to get there is still far from clear.

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