2023-05-17 00:55:43
Elon Musk on Tuesday defended his actions at the helm of Twitter and explained that he will soon spend more time running Tesla, once more promising fully self-driving cars by next year.
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“I say what I mean and if I lose money as a result, that’s it,” he said in a live CNBC interview following Tesla’s AGM.
Host David Faber had just asked him why he is tweeting such provocative and virulent messages as last night, where he accused Jewish investor and philanthropist George Soros of “hating humanity”.
Since he bought Twitter six months ago, many advertisers have left the platform where he has eased the moderation of problematic content and let back previously banned personalities, such as Donald Trump.
The former US president hasn’t resumed tweeting yet, but if he claims once more on the network that the election was stolen from him, his remarks will be corrected thanks to contributors who add Context “notes” to potentially misleading tweets, Elon Musk said.
The multi-billionaire also defended the massive layoffs, necessary according to him to “achieve balance” and his ban on teleworking, in the name of productivity, but also of “morality”.
“They want everyone to go to work, the worker in the factory, the chef in the restaurant to deliver food to them, but not them! It’s nonsense!”, he got angry, before affirming that he himself only took 2 or 3 days of vacation per year.
He recently appointed Linda Yaccarino, an American media and figure, as Twitter’s chief executive.
She will have to bring advertisers back and also manage the delicate balance between the absolute freedom of expression advocated by Elon Musk and numerous political and commercial constraints.
The prolific boss will continue to take care of the technology of the social network, but he mainly plans to devote more time to Tesla, in particular on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in electric cars.
“I think Tesla is going to have a ChatGPT moment if not this year, then next year,” he said, referring to the generative AI software that has been rapidly adopted by millions. people worldwide following its release in November.
“All of a sudden, three million cars will be driving themselves without anyone (at the wheel),” he said, thanks to AI and remote on-board computer updating. .
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