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Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Mazda delays its first EV by two years.

That means we won’t get an all-electric Mazda until 2029 at the earliest. The Japanese automaker also plans on slashing its investment in EVs to ¥1.2 trillion ($7.52 billion) through 2030, down from an earlier budget of ¥2.0 trillion ($12.53 billion), the CEO told Automotive News. I guess it could have been worse; Mazda could have gone full Honda and cancelled everything.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Meta’s Connect conference is scheduled for September 23rd and 24th.

Meta says the event will offer “the first glimpse of what’s coming to the next computing platform,” with an “evening keynote” and “developer sessions where we’ll share the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI.”

At last year’s event, Meta debuted its smart glasses with a display.

A promotional image for Meta Connect 2026.
Image: Meta
Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
“Unlike a lot of other meetings with Mr. Musk, this was a good vibes meeting.”

It was when Altman met with Musk and Zilis to discuss plans for for-profit meetings. Zilis texted after the meeting to say she was glad they had the meeting to let Musk think about “the investment thing so it won’t irk him later.”
A good vibes meeting means a long conversation of Musk”showing us memes on his phone.”

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Now into Shivon Zilis. Altman says he retained her on the board to try to keep friendly relations with Musk.

He learned in 2022 that Musk was the father of her kids, and keeping her on the board was “a close call for me personally because she had sort of told us that Mr Musk was playing a more involved role than originally intended and that they were spending more time together.” On the other hand, Altman says he thinks highly of Zilis “and valued her counsel.”

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
The Meta AI app now has “live AI.”

The feature means you can point your camera at something, ask about it, and get a response in real time. Meta also now lets you “talk naturally” with its Muse Spark model in the app.

Tara Siegel
Tara Siegel
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Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
A particularly “hair-raising moment” for Altman was a succession plan from Musk.

Altman asked what would happen if Musk died. Musk said, “I haven’t thought about it a ton, but maybe control should pass to my children,” Musk replied. We also see an email where Altman says, “I desperately want to see this work with Elon... but I am worried about control. I don’t think any one person should have control of the world’s first AGI.” He says he’d be open to creative structures - like Musk having control up to a certain milestone.