Paradromics has received FDA approval to begin a first-in-human trial of its Connexus implant, a high-bandwidth brain-computer interface designed to restore speech from thought alone. With throughput claims far exceeding early Neuralink performance, the neurotech race is entering a fierce new phase.

xAI has rolled out Grok 4.1, its most advanced model yet—now topping multiple industry benchmarks and beating ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in emotional intelligence and text-based tasks. With dramatically reduced hallucinations and major performance gains, Grok 4.1 marks xAI’s strongest challenge to Big AI to date.

Elon Musk has issued a final warning to Bill Gates over his massive short position against Tesla—a rivalry fueled by years of tension, new shareholder confidence, and a trillion-dollar compensation package. With Tesla continuing to rise, Musk says Gates should close his position now before things get painful.

A federal judge has ruled that Apple and OpenAI must face Elon Musk’s xAI in court, allowing a major antitrust lawsuit over Siri’s ChatGPT integration to move forward. xAI claims Apple is favoring OpenAI to maintain its smartphone dominance, while Apple argues there’s no exclusivity agreement at all. The ruling sets up a pivotal legal battle over how AI assistants are allowed to integrate into the iPhone ecosystem.

Blue Origin has successfully landed its New Glenn booster for the first time, becoming the only company besides SpaceX to recover an orbital-class rocket. The milestone could reshape the commercial launch market, boost NASA partnerships, and accelerate Amazon’s new Leo satellite constellation. With ESCAPADE headed to Mars and New Glenn proving itself at last, Jeff Bezos’ space company may finally be catching up.

Tesla has launched a new long-range Model Y+ in China with an eye-catching 821-km CLTC range—about 510 miles. Powered by LG’s latest 78.4-kWh battery pack, the new variant gives Tesla a temporary edge in the hyper-competitive Chinese EV market, even as lower-priced rivals like Xpeng threaten to outmaneuver it. This episode breaks down what the new Model Y+ means for Tesla’s sales slump, strategy, and the increasingly high-stakes EV race in China.

At Tesla’s shareholder meeting, Elon Musk said the company’s Optimus robots could one day “follow you around and stop you from doing crime.” The vision—AI-driven humanoid machines replacing prisons with real-time prevention—raises big ethical and technical questions. With Optimus still in its testing phase, Musk’s promise of the “biggest product of all time” sits somewhere between science fiction and social revolution.

Elon Musk says the “AI supersonic tsunami” is already here—and it’s coming for desk jobs first. Speaking with Joe Rogan, Musk predicted that artificial intelligence will replace digital and white-collar work “like lightning,” leaving only physical and human-centered jobs intact. But he also imagines a future of “universal high income,” where AI-driven abundance makes work optional. The challenge, he warns, is surviving the trauma and disruption along the way.