CEO Elon Musk talks about his vision for the future, it can be easy to doubt the man as overly optimistic. Still, it’s proven profoundly profitable to give the man the benefit of the doubt, even as skeptics and analysts turn against him and shares of TSLA.

During Tesla’s Q3 earnings call, Elon Musk highlighted the potential of its Optimus humanoid robot, emphasizing that beyond its limited demo, the bot represents a major technological leap. Musk boldly claimed that Optimus, powered by AI, could one day contribute to eliminating poverty, positioning robots as a cornerstone of Tesla’s future.

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In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his control over them.

In reality, Musk does not give a fuck about poverty. To guys like Musk, people who are poor are just getting what they deserve. And all it takes is a quick search of his X account to see how often he says things to degrade homeless people.

Musk has delayed the launch of Grokipedia, his AI-powered Wikipedia rival, to purge propaganda and refine its knowledge system before rollout.

EU officials are close to reaching a verdict in an acrimonious investigation over disinformation on X under the Digital Services Act, which combats harmful online content. French prosecutors opened a criminal probe in July originating from allegations that X engaged in foreign interference with biased algorithms.