Musk, Elon

• Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI - The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
• They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise. - Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with the disgraced financier.
• New Epstein Files Name Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Other Powerful Men - Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Sergey Brin were among those who exchanged messages or visited with Jeffrey Epstein, according to the newly released documents.
• Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care - The automaker also said it would invest $2 billion in xAI, the artificial intelligence company controlled by its C.E.O., Elon Musk, and stop making the two oldest cars in its lineup.
• Andrea Lucas, EEOC Chair, Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image - Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has said she wants to undo years of what she describes as activist excess around labor law.
• Elon Musk’s X Faces EU Inquiry Over Sexualized AI Images Generated by Grok - Regulators said the company’s lack of controls had led to the widespread use of deepfakes created with the chatbot Grok.
• Elon Musk Spends $10 Million to Help Nate Morris in Kentucky Senate Race - Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.
• How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
• Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofits Say - Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, organizations that work on tech issues said.
• Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate - Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.