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"China wants some assurances that these are not used for military purposes, which obviously they're not. They're just going into a humanoid robot," he said during an earnings conference call, adding that it's not a weapon. He's lying.

Musk says Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots affected by China's export curbs on rare earths

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the production of its Optimus humanoid robots had been affected by China's export restrictions of rare earth magnets.

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In 2016, when Pope Francis was criticising the president’s plans to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico, Burke offered his support for the Republican, saying he was “defending the values of the church”. And now it seems Trump is keen to see Burke installed in the Vatican as the new Pope.

Who is Raymond Burke, the cardinal Donald Trump wants to be the next Pope?

The Wisconsin-born cardinal is highly conservative and has clashed repeatedly with Pope Francis.

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A Tesla engineer has accused Tesla of threatening her team with deportation after bringing up a brake safety issue with CEO Elon Musk in 2014. The former engineer, who has been in remission for stage 3 breast cancer, called Musk a "monster" and "pure evil" in an interview with The Times of London.

"He's Pure Evil": Former Tesla Engineer Says Elon Musk Threatened to Deport Her Team for Pointing Out a Problem With the Brakes

A Tesla engineer has accused Tesla of threatening her team with deportation after bringing up a brake safety issue with CEO Elon Musk.

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“My Instagram bio was: ‘I pledge allegiance to the robot overlords’ for, like, two years. I thought people understood that I ultimately probably believe in an AI dictatorship. I mean, I don’t think humanity is going to survive anyway. We’re fucked. I think AI is the natural evolution...

Cover Story: Grimes is ready to play the villain

After watching her reputation implode, Claire Boucher leaned into destruction. For her latest album, she brings us the end of the world

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JD Vance met Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, “There was an exchange of opinions on the international situation, regarding countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners.”

Vance, Vatican officials engage in ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants | CNN

US Vice President JD Vance met senior Vatican officials on Saturday for talks that follow sharp criticism by Pope Francis of the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

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Pope Francis was a world-class example of empathetic leadership on behalf of the Vatican. An icon of hope in a world consumed by polarization, division, and power struggles. May Pope Francis rest in peace, and may this not be the end to the better world that Pope Francis envisioned for us all.

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Elon Musk’s grandfather was once denied US entry for being an alien threat to public safety: “Haldeman, born in Minnesota, but who grew up in Canada where he got involved in politics, was once denied entry to the United States for being ‘an alien whose entry would be contrary to the public safety’”

Elon Musk’s less than original measures: Developing the ideas of his grandfather, Joshua Haldeman

The magnate’s ancestor was one of the leaders of the political technocracy movement

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“The current structure provides you with a path where you end up with unilateral absolute control over the AGI,” to Elon Musk from Ilya Sutskever. “You stated that you don’t want to control the final AGI, during this negotiation, you’ve shown to us that absolute control is extremely important...”

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Yarvin may be a fringe ideologue, but his ideas echo an idea that has been gaining traction here and there in the West: that the state is an impotent body. In France, this belief coincides with increasing levels of trust in companies, whose roles in matters of employment, ...

2027 French election: The growing prospect of a CEO for president

NEWS ANALYSIS. The French political landscape currently seems ripe for a major business leader to step onto the national stage. Emmanuel Macron's unexpected rise to power in 2017 has inspired the most...

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