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Netanyahu: Musk is being 'falsely smeared' over controversial salute – POLITICO.eu

Israeli PM gives full-throated endorsement of Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser after he sparked outrage with stiff-armed gesture.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday backed tech entrepreneur Elon Musk after he was accused of giving a “Nazi salute” earlier this week.
“Elon Musk is being falsely smeared,” Netanyahu wrote on Musk’s social media platform X. “Elon is a great friend of Israel. He visited Israel after the October […]
Netanyahu: Musk is being 'falsely smeared' over controversial salute – POLITICO.eu

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'Heil Tesla': Elon Musk's salute projected onto carmaker's factory in Germany – Global News

An image of Elon Musk making a straight-arm, Nazi-like gesture during his speech Monday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration was projected onto Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg on Wednesday night.
The image featured Musk making the gesture alongside the words “Heil Tesla.” U.K. activist group Led By Donkeys and Germany’s Centre for Political Beauty were behind the display, and posted a shared Instagram post from the two groups. “Tesla […]
'Heil Tesla': Elon Musk's salute projected onto carmaker's factory in Germany – Global News

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Elon Musk vs Wikipedia: a clash over how to describe 'Nazi salute'

Dust-up comes after billionaire Musk made a straight-arm gesture at a Trump inauguration event on Monday
Elon Musk causes stir with hand gesture at Trump inauguration
The fight pits two of the internet’s best-known tech giants against each other – and highlights the starkly different ethos behind Musk’s X social media site and Wikipedia, founded by American entrepreneur Jimmy Wales.
Musk, as the majority owner of X, is behind recent easing of content moderation rules, which has allowed […]
Elon Musk vs Wikipedia: a clash over how to describe 'Nazi salute'

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Elon Musk and the history of the 'Roman salute' – The Conversation

Samuel Agbamu has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust for research relevant to this article.
University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK.
How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon Musk claims to think about it every day. Given his frequent references to Roman antiquity, I think we can take him at his word.
From airing his views on the fall of the Roman empire (demographic decline) to expressing his […]
Elon Musk and the history of the 'Roman salute' – The Conversation

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Elon Musk publicly trashes Trump-backed Stargate AI project, clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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Elon Musk publicly trashes Trump-backed Stargate AI project, clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

It’s the job of democracies around the world to stand strong together and hold oligarchs and their platforms to account
Elon Musk has spent much of the past couple of days trying to explain away his offensive antics at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Whether or not it was a deliberate salute, when you support far-right parties in Germany and elsewhere you can hardly act surprised when people put two and two together.
Much of the coverage of Musk centres on his bizarre actions and declarations, […]
Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

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Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America's Geek Squad | WIRED

Addressing a single executive order from Donald Trump’s voluminous first-day edicts is like singling out one bullet in a burst from an AK-47. But one of them hit me in the gut. That is “Establishing and Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency.’’ The acronym for that name is DOGE (named after a memecoin), and it’s the Elon Musk–led effort to cut government spending by a trillion bucks or two. Though DOGE was, until this week, pitched as an outside body, […]
Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America's Geek Squad | WIRED

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Elon Musk Lashes Out As Trump Backs Sam Altman For World's Largest AI Project – NDTV

A new era in Artificial Intelligence has dawned in the United States with Donald Trump blessings. Three tech giants, in their pursuit for global dominance in AI, have united for the cause – setting up the world’s largest AI project. It will be called ‘Stargate’. The announcement was made by Donald Trump at a special press conference at the White House. Elon Musk, however, has cast his doubt over the mega project.
The team which will spearhead the ambitious project includes Sam Altman, founder […]
Elon Musk Lashes Out As Trump Backs Sam Altman For World's Largest AI Project – NDTV

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Musk trolls Trump's €500B AI mega plan – POLITICO.eu

The tech billionaire and close ally of the U.S. president sniped at one of the White House’s first major proposals.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk poured cold water Wednesday on a landmark half-a-trillion dollar artificial intelligence (AI) initiative trumpeted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
His criticism marks an early break between Musk, one of Trump’s closest advisers during the presidential transition, and the Republican leader, underscoring the potential for rifts on key policy […]
Musk trolls Trump's €500B AI mega plan – POLITICO.eu