As he retreats from Washington, Elon Musk says he will spend “a lot less” on politics. Close advisers say he is eager to return to prior obsessions.

The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.

Elon Musk’s goons at the Department of Government Efficiency are using his own AI bot, Grok, to analyze potentially sensitive federal government data. A customized version of Grok, developed by Musk’s xAI company, is actively combing through government data, a person familiar with DOGE‘s activities told Reuters.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is seen onstage at a conference Monday in Seattle after a prerecorded interview with Elon Musk was played following the announcement that Grok AI, developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI, will be available on some Microsoft platforms. (Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images)

One of President Donald Trump’s earliest advisors has revealed exactly when Trump grew weary of new pal Elon Musk. Steve Bannon said that Trump soured on Musk when the Tesla billionaire sought access to secret White House war plan briefings, the Atlantic reported.

Italian state-owned rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA said it might test Elon Musk’s Starlink for future projects.

Initial searches indicated Musk had interned at Pinnacle Research Institute, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Rocket Science Games, but not Microsoft. Howev

Roughly 25,000 users were reporting issues with Elon Musk's X around 8:45 a.m. ET, according to analytics platform Downdetector. Additional information on the cause or full extent of the outage was not immediately clear.