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Some lines are running at a small fraction of their previous capacity, and a handful of production teams have been thinned out by more than half.
Tesla sales slump in California even as car buying surges ahead of tariffs
Tesla sales fell 15% in California last quarter, even as new car registrations jumped. The EV maker has now seen six straight quarters of decline.
Tesla earnings: See the electric vehicle maker's recent results history and projections
Tesla earnings for Q4 2024 were reported January 29. See the latest projections and earnings history, as well as what CEO Elon Musk discussed.
Elon Musk's xAI is hiring workers to rein in Grok as the chatbot spits out NSFW content and racial slurs
The AI startup is hiring workers to "red team" its chatbot. The company released an NSFW version of Grok earlier this year.
Satellite images reveal scale of Elon's empire
Maps and satellite imagery reveal the exponential growth of Musk's empire.
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Elon Musk's xAI is spending at least $400 million building its supercomputer in Memphis. It's short on electricity.
Elon Musk wants to install 1 million Nvdia GPUs at his "gigafactory of compute." He only has a fraction of the electricity needed to power them.
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Tesla sent a video to sales staff before protests that featured smiling workers, a dog, and a reminder to 'stay vigilant'
The day before mass protests swept the US, Tesla sent employees a video describing a "dynamic" environment. It didn't directly address the protests.
Tesla has flirted with disaster before. This time feels different.
Many assumed Elon Musk's proximity to Donald Trump would be a net positive. Insiders said Musk's political entanglements represent an identity crisis.
Elon Musk's surprise Tesla all-hands left some workers feeling comforted and some feeling cynical
Elon Musk held a last-minute all-hands event at Tesla's Texas Gigafactory. Some workers felt perplexed, while others were reassured.
Tesla springs last-minute public all hands on staffers, confusion ensues
Tesla notified employees of an all-hands shortly before the event, according to a memo viewed by Business Insider.
Tesla's stock slump is driving Wall Street crazy — but not Elon Musk's employees
Wall Street is sounding the alarm over Tesla's stock slump. The sentiment among employees? Shrug.
Tesla more than tripled the workers testing its self-driving technology in California
The increase in capability comes as Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker aims to release its much-hyped Robotaxi in some cities by the end of 2025.
Inside xAI's organizational chart: Who's in charge at Elon Musk's company
The ranks include Elon Musk's home office manager, his son, and former Tesla and Google engineers.
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xAI trains its chatbot not to impersonate Elon Musk
"If the model impersonates Elon Musk without the user prompting it to do so, it is a violation of our principles," an internal document says.
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Inside Grok's war on 'woke'
Elon Musk has said Grok would favor truth over "political correctness." Internal documents reveal how the company is working toward Musk's goal.
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Elon Musk quietly built a 2nd mega-data center for xAI in Atlanta with $700 million worth of chips and cables
Last year, xAI built a massive data center in Memphis, but the company has also been quietly setting up another facility in Georgia.
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Marko Elez, who left DOGE amid social media controversy, worked for xAI
Internal documents reveal Elon Musk's xAI startup employed Marko Elez, who resigned from DOGE after being linked to inflammatory social media posts.
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Elon Musk's xAI has been working on a 'DeepSearch' feature, employees say, and it could compete with Google and OpenAI
The DeepSearch project has used a tool to track internet searches to teach the AI model natural search and reasoning skills, four employees told BI.
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Elon Musk's xAI plans massive hiring spree of thousands to train Grok, employees say
The company currently employs over 900 tutors and has plans to beef up even more this year, employees told BI.
The history of Elon Musk and Sam Altman's relationship and feuds, which date back to the early days of OpenAI
Elon Musk and Sam Altman's latest argument is over a $97.4 billion bid from a Musk-led group to control OpenAI, which Altman says is "not for sale."