Elon Musk's wealth declined by tens of billions earlier this year. He's recovered nearly all of it as Tesla's share price climbs.

Elon Musk’s startup xAI has laid off 500 employees from its data annotation team, according to a report from Business Insider. The company's largest team, its employees are responsible for developing and training Grok, social media platform X’s infamous chatbot.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned as dangerous comments by Elon Musk, who told an anti-immigration rally in London that violence is coming to Britain and urged people to fight back.

We must make it clear that no individual can get away with using their platform to inflame tensions, incite violence."

Days after the Sept. 10, 2025, fatal shooting of conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, a rumor began to circulate online that Elon Musk, who owns a controlling stake of X, had fired 2,000 employees at the social media company over a joke about Kirk .

Elon Musk’s fixation on the U.K. began in 2024. Now, it could be his second act — after being tossed out by MAGAworld, writes

Data annotation—labeling text, images, and video for training—is central to A.I. Grok maker xAI is shifting from generalists to domain experts.

"All I hope is that if he puts me into a gulag, it’s one with a lot of my friends. That way we can have a party.”