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Tesla, the jewel of Musk’s public holdings, has paid the price. The electric vehicle company has shed over $350 billion in market cap since the start of the year. X, formerly known as Twitter, hasn’t fared much better: its AI chatbot Grok has been caught spewing antisemitic content, and CEO Linda Yaccarino just announced her resignation on July 9.
President Trump announced Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will temporarily lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, weeks after Mr. Trump withdrew an Elon Musk-linked entrepreneur as his pick to lead the space agency.
The AI chatbot Grok, which is produced by Elon Musk’s xAI, wrote numerous antisemitic social media posts Tuesday after the artificial intelligence company released a revamped version of it over the weekend. The posts ranged from alleging "patterns" about Jewish people to praising Hitler.
The two men spoke about Mr. Musk’s push to create the America Party before the midterm elections. Mr. Yarvin has expressed support for a monarchy, along with provocative ideas about race.
As the Tesla boss has ramped up threats to form a new third party after Republicans passed Trump’s mega-spending bill, Musk also purged his X account of House Speaker Mike Johnson, the White House’s Rapid Response account, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, Energy Secretary Chris White, and MAGA activist Scott Presler.
Though Trump and Musk are on the outs, workers with longstanding ties to the Tesla billionaire remain embedded in the government.