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Elon Musk in war of words with UK prime minister over riot crackdown: 'Britain or Soviet Union?  Fox Business

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Elon Musk in war of words with UK prime minister over riot crackdown: 'Britain or Soviet Union? - Fox Business

Elon Musk calls PM two-tier Keir over police response to UK riots  The Guardian

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Elon Musk calls PM two-tier Keir over police response to UK riots - The Guardian

Donald Trump Announces "Major" Interview With Elon Musk Ahead Of US Polls  NDTV

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Donald Trump Announces "Major" Interview With Elon Musk Ahead Of US Polls - NDTV

1. Elon Musk responds to Don Lemon lawsuit over axed show: He made a series of impressively insane demands  The Independent
2. Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X, claiming fraud over canceled content deal  CBS News
3. Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X over scrapped talk show  CNN

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Elon Musk responds to Don Lemon lawsuit over axed show: He made a series of impressively insane demands - The Independent

1. How Elon Musk Wants to Wire the Human Brain, and the Rivals Racing to Beat Him  The Wall Street Journal
2. Neuralink implanted second trial patient with brain chip, Musk says  Reuters
3. Elon Musk says a person with a Neuralink chip could beat a pro gamer in a few years  Fortune

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How Elon Musk Wants to Wire the Human Brain, and the Rivals Racing to Beat Him - The Wall Street Journal

Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk and X, Alleging Fraud and Breach of Contract Over Canceled Content Deal  Variety

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1. Judge who nixed Musk's pay package hears arguments on massive fee request from plaintiff lawyers  The Associated Press
2. Judge Who Voided Musks Pay Package Faces Tough Call on $7 Billion Legal Fee  Bloomberg
3. The lawyers who stopped Elon Musks massive payday want $7 billion for themselves  CNN

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Judge who nixed Musk's pay package hears arguments on massive fee request from plaintiff lawyers - The Associated Press

Tesla insiders claim CEO Elon Musk had his Full Self-Driving optimized routes that he himself takes as well as routes taken by Tesla FSD content creators, which would explain the discrepancies in the efficacity of the system.

Elon Musk has been praising Teslas self-driving effort, and especially its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta (now supervised) system, for years. He is often quoted encouraging people to try it or watch videos of it online to witness how incredible it is.

As someone with FSD Beta for more than 2 years, I have often pushed back against this narrative because Ive found some significant discrepancies between videos from Tesla influencers, mainly in California, Musks claimed performance of FSD Beta, and what and my friends have been experiencing in our Tesla vehicles, especially in Quebec and the Northeast.

My suspicion was that Tesla was mostly training its self-driving neural nets on west coast roads, which would explain why it would work marginally better there, but now a new report claims that it goes way deeper than that.

Business Insider released today a new report based on conversations with current and former Tesla workers who claim Tesla has been optimizing its self-driving neural nets specifically for routes taken by CEO Elon Musk and Tesla influencers producing FSD content.

BI spoke with over a dozen current and former Tesla employees, all but one who spoke on condition of anonymity, who said images and video clips from Musks Teslas received meticulous scrutiny, while data from high-profile drivers like YouTubers received VIP treatment in identifying and addressing issues with the Full Self-Driving software. The result is that Teslas Autopilot and FSD software may better navigate routes taken by Musk and other high-profile drivers, making their rides smoother and more straightforward.

The report claims that data annotators, people who review clips from Tesla vehicles to help train its self-driving neural nets, were given the task to focus on two categories: Tesla CEO Elon Muskand a select set of VIP drivers.

Several annotators who talked to BI confirmed that they were tasked to specifically work on routes around Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter locations as well as a mansion previously owned by Musk.

The Tesla employees claimed that this would undoubtedly result in Musk having a better experience with Tesla FSD than the average Tesla driver.

A former Tesla employee said:

It seemed like we were purposely making his car better to make Autopilot look different than it was. It felt dishonest.

The report also claims that Tesla focused on routes taken by Tesla FSD influencers. We were already aware that Tesla sends internal test vehicles on routes taken by popular content creators who post FSD Beta videos.

But now the report claims that those were also given priority by data annotators:

These videos do not go unnoticed by Tesla staff. In fact, the company created a system to prioritize data from drivers most likely to share their experience online, three current and former workers with direct knowledge of the issue told BI. These drivers are internally referred to as VIP users and their data is at times put in VIP queues, according to the workers.

Some employees claimed that this is due to those content creators pushing the system to their limits and therefore, it makes sense to train its neural nets to handle those situations, but it would also results in them having a better experience than the average Tesla FSD Beta driver.

This makes sense. I understand that there are valid arguments for it. Elon is the CEO, but he is also a tester who gives feedback. It would make sense to focus on his feedback. The same goes for the influencers.

However, it also undoubtedly makes Elons experience with FSD and the influencer videos not representative of the average customer experience with FSD, which is what Ive been saying for years.

Where this becomes really problematic is that you can find dozens of comments from Elon telling people to go watch these videos and using that to sell FSD. Theres an argument for misleading promotion here.

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Tesla insiders say Elon optimized Full Self-Driving routes for himself and influencers - Electrek.co

India doesnt expect Tesla Inc. to move forward with an investment in the country any time soon after executives at Elon Musks electric carmaker stopped contacting them, according to people familiar with the matter.

Musks team hasnt made any further inquiries with officials in New Delhi after the billionaire postponed a visit to India in late April, the people said, asking not to be identified because theyre not authorized to speak publicly. The government is given to understand that Tesla has capital issues and doesnt plan on pledging fresh investment into India in the near future, they said.

The loss of interest in India comes as Tesla reported asecond consecutive dropin quarterly deliveries globally and faces heightened competition in China. Musk announced major staff reductions in April, the EV makers first new model in years, the Cybertruck, has been slow to ramp up while construction of a new plant in Mexico hasbeen delayed.

Representatives from Indias Ministry of Heavy Industries, which oversees the automobile sector, and the ministries of finance, and commerce and industry, didnt respond to requests for comment. Tesla also didnt respond to a request for comment.

Musk in April scrapped a planned visit to India that would have included a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing pressing issues at the company.

He had originally announced his visit just weeks after Indialoweredthe import taxes on EVs from foreign carmakers that pledge to invest at least 41.5 billion rupees ($497 million) and start EV production from a local factory within three years.

Instead, Indias government is pinning its hopes on domestic automakers like Tata Motors Ltd. and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. to boost EV production, the people said. Should Musk decide to re-engage, Tesla would still be welcome to avail itself of the new import tax policy, they added.

Indias EV market is in its infancy, with battery-powered cars accounting for just 1.3% of the total last year, according to BloombergNEF. Many buyers are hesitant to make the switch due to electric cars high upfront cost and a dearth of charging stations.

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On July 6, 2014, the Facebook Page The Patriots Network published a post with an image positing that tech magnate Elon Musk was going to buy the U.S. television network ABC in order to cancel one of its flagship shows, "The View":

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The post had obtained 21,000 reactions and 2,800 comments as of this writing. Commenters reacted in agreement. "Yes!! Most despicable talk show with a bunch of haters cancel asap," one demanded. "Oh I hope so, they are the most prejudice people, they thrive on hateful talk especially," another one added, indignant.

The pinned comment under the post linked to an article on the website SpacexMania.com. The article relayed the same allegation:

Breaking: Elon Musk Is Considering Owning ABC, "I'm Going To Cancel Woke The View"

In the latest chapter of his entrepreneurial saga, Elon Musk is reportedly considering the acquisition of ABC, one of the largest and most influential television networks in the United States. This potential move comes with a bold promise to "cancel woke The View," a statement that has already sparked considerable controversy and debate.

This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. First, we ran the text of the article through several artificial intelligence (AI) detectors, including writer.com, CopyLeaks, and ZeroGPT, all of which identified it as AI-generated.

Further, the article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows:

Our mission? To bring you the freshest fake news, some sassy analysis, and a good dose of satire, all rolled into one crazy concoction that orbits around Elon Musk and everything that's lighting up the viral/trending charts.

The Facebook page of The Patriots Network confirmed this, disclaiming "The Patriots Network is a Network of Satire and Parody affiliated withSpacexMania.com." Lastly, the post itself noted that it was satire: "Elon Musk is going to cancel The View tv show - Satire."

We're written about similar stories before, in May 2022 and in April 2024.

For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.

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Elon Musk Going to Buy ABC to Cancel 'The View'? - Snopes.com