Richard Lawler

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Richard LawlerOct 1, 2022

Elon has a real robot this time.

Sure, it walked across that stage like I do when I fell asleep at an odd angle, and my back is feeling tight, but it walked!

Animated GIF showing Tesla’s robot walk gingerly in front of a bright screen at the AI Day event.

Tesla AI Day 2022 - Optimus robot

Image: Tesla

Richard LawlerOct 1, 2022

It’s AI day.

Elon Musk has robots, cars that might not be capable of driving by themselves but can assist a human driver, and much much more to show us. Watch it all right here.

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Richard LawlerSep 30, 2022

Green light.

While we continue to mourn Stadia, save some energy for later tonight when Elon Musk presents a “highly technical” AI Day from Palo Alto.

It’s scheduled to start at 8PM ET, but based on past Musk events, I’d add some cushion to that start time. You could use a few minutes to let Andrew Hawkins explain what to expect in AI and self-driving cars or read James Vincent’s dive into the state of robotics to find out where a Tesla Bot might fit.

Richard LawlerSep 30, 2022

“You are free to tweet ‘is Twitter dying?’”

If you were wondering exactly when Elon Musk made the switch from grabbing a Twitter board seat to submitting an unsolicited buyout offer, this text exchange on April 9th appears to capture it.

Two minutes after CEO Parag Agrawal pushes back on Elon’s tweeting, the billionaire declared he’d make an offer to take the company private.

Screen capture of court filing showing text messages between Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and Elon Musk.

Image: Kate Conger / DocumentCloud

Richard LawlerSep 30, 2022

Street shark... or lake fish.

When we started our reporting this morning, I said we’d update you on that viral video of a shark in a flooded street, and here’s the explanation.

Unlike the usual “shark in a highway” pic that goes around every time there are flooded streets — this video was real and taken yesterday morning in Florida as Hurricane Ian approached.

However, as Storyful’s Rob McDonagh explains, it wasn’t in a street, and it’s hard to tell if it truly shows a shark.

Richard LawlerSep 29, 2022

The most expensive TikTok you’ll see today.

The man in the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is Apple’s former vice president of procurement, Tony Blevins. According to Bloomberg, the video sparked an internal investigation, and he is now departing the company.