Tesla shareholder meeting recap: Elon Musk gets his $1 trillion pay package

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Elon Musk at Tesla's 2025 annual shareholders meeting
Tesla shareholders voted on Elon Musk's pay package and whether the EV maker should explore an investment in his AI startup, xAI.

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Elon Musk just scored a pay package that could make him the world's first trillionaire. Now comes the hard part — achieving 12 ambitious milestones.

Tesla will 'examine' an investment in Elon Musk's xAI

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Tesla shareholders have voted in favor of the company investing in xAI.

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Musk and Altman can't stop bickering. That could actually be good for their brand.

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Sam Altman asked Tesla for a refund on a Tesla Roadster he ordered in 2018 but has yet to receive.

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Elon Musk's xAI used clips from 'Hellboy II' to train workers for its video AI project

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Jensen Huang says he regrets not investing more in xAI: 'Almost everything Elon's part of, you want to be part of'

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Jensen Huang said his only regret about Elon Musk's xAI is not investing more, calling it a bet on the future of AI.

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He used Grok's sexy AI bot for 'dirty smut.' Then he fell in love.

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Collage of a man surrounded by hearts and Ani from the Grok app

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If Martin Escobar's AI girlfriend could have children, he said he would never date another human again.

xAI is hiring an AI video games tutor for up to $100 an hour

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Elon Musk's xAI is hiring a video game tutor.

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Elon Musk's xAI accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets and targeting its employees in a new lawsuit

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman

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Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content

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Some workers who train xAI's chatbot said they've encountered NSFW content, including child sexual abuse.

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Inside xAI's tumultuous month: Workers locked out of Slack, a 'chaotic' all-hands meeting, and waves of job cuts

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XAI laid off hundreds of workers in September

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