As he retreats from Washington, Elon Musk says he will spend “a lot less” on politics. Close advisers say he is eager to return to prior obsessions.

The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.

Marketing academic Scott Galloway criticizes Elon Musk for alienating Tesla's core EV customer base by aligning with Trump supporters, who are less in

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is seen onstage at a conference Monday in Seattle after a prerecorded interview with Elon Musk was played following the announcement that Grok AI, developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI, will be available on some Microsoft platforms. (Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images)

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Wired reviewed materials showing that affiliates of Elon Musk's DOGE working in the Office of Personnel Management "tested and used Meta’s Llama 2 model to review and classify responses from federal workers to the infamous 'Fork in the Road' email that was sent across the government in late January."

Microsoft and Elon Musk team up to bring Grok 3 to Microsoft users amid legal battle between Musk and Open AI/Microsoft.

Italian state-owned rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA said it might test Elon Musk’s Starlink for future projects.