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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 6: Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. The 27th annual global conference explores various topics, from the rise of generative AI to electric vehicle trends and features participants, soccer star David Beckham and actor Ashton Kutcher.   Apu Gomes/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Apu Gomes / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

X marks spot for global influence

Two years after Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover, X is losing billions. But it’s still setting the political agenda and has had some success in promoting his libertarian views.

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk (R) gestures upon arriving to inaugurate satellite unit Starlink at a community health center in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on May 19, 2024. Musk launched on May 19 his Starlink service on Indonesia's resort island of Bali as the country aims to extend internet to its remote areas. Millions of people in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, are not currently hooked up to reliable internet services. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)

Musk plans ‘gigafactory’ to support AI

Tech mogul Elon Musk plans to build a ­supercomputer dubbed “gigafactory of compute” to support the development of his artificial intelligence startup xAI.

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