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Musk claims AI will outsmart humans by next year
Published in AI


He probably just means Tesla buyers

Elon [look at me] Musk predicted during an interview with Nicolai Tangen, the chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management, that new AI models will outsmart humans by the end of next year.

Musk’s AI started a war on X
Published in News
Monday, 08 April 2024 11:44

Musk’s AI started a war on X


Claimed Iran had carried out a heavy missile attack on Israel

Elon [look at me] Musk's platform, X, had a bit of a 'mare on 4 April 2024. A headline popped up claiming Iran had lobbed a few heavy missiles at Tel Aviv which caused quite a kerfuffle among users worldwide.

Musk's price cuts crash Tesla values
Published in News
Tuesday, 12 March 2024 12:43

Musk's price cuts crash Tesla values


Depreciation high

The electric vehicle market is sputtering, with inventories piling up like a traffic jam on the M25, in a desperate bid to keep up, Tesla's been slashing prices like a mad axeman, but it's backfired spectacularly.

Musk wanted an “for profit” OpenAI
Published in News
Thursday, 07 March 2024 10:27

Musk wanted an “for profit” OpenAI


With him in charge

OpenAI has released emails which prove that rich kid Elon [look at me] Musk was not interested in keeping the company as a non-profit – he just wanted to be in charge.

Musk's £44 billion pay deal gets busted by judge
Published in News


No one is worth that

The billionaire boss of Tesla, Elon [look at me] Musk, has been told to sling his hook by a Delaware judge who ruled his £44 billion pay deal was too much. The judge said the electric car maker's board was daft to give Musk such a huge package and scrapped it.

EU investigating Musk’s X
Published in News
Wednesday, 20 December 2023 11:43

EU investigating Musk’s X


Looks like he will be the first under the new Digital Services Act

Elon [look at me] Musk’s social notworking site X has the dubious honour of being the first company targeted for investigation under the new Digital Services Act.

Musk gutted when his AI turned out woke
Published in News
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 10:58

Musk gutted when his AI turned out woke


Promises to lobotomise it to stop it from being intelligent

Elon [look at me] Musk was shocked to discover that his AI chatbot Grok was not churning out answers that would please his nutty right-wing target market.

Musk’s X sees exodus of staff now
Published in News
Friday, 01 December 2023 10:17

Musk’s X sees exodus of staff now


No one wants to be his friend

Elon [look at me] Musk sees a mass exodus of sales staff from his social notworking outfit X.

Musk gets tired and emotional over Exodus
Published in News
Thursday, 30 November 2023 11:31

Musk gets tired and emotional over Exodus


Has a rant

It appears that Elon [look at me] Musk has been feeling tired and emotional about the number of big-name advertisers leaving his social notworking site.

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet breaks even
Published in Network


Two million subscribers 

There's now two million subscribers to SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, with CEO Elon [look at me] Musk claiming the service has "achieved breakeven cash flow."