Elon Musk
CEO, SpaceX and Tesla
Titles as the sources gave them. In 16 entries, with 1 checked quotation.
Who they are
Roles and parties from Wikidata and from the sources in the Base, as precise as each gives them. When we compare what groups say, each statement counts in the group the person belonged to that day.
- Founder and leader, SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)March 9, 2023–now · to be checked
- CEO, TeslaOctober 2008–now · Wikidata
- CEO, SpaceX2002–now · Wikidata
- Employee, US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)January 20, 2025–May 30, 2025 · Wikidata
- Co-founder, OpenAIDecember 11, 2015–2019 · Wikidata
Wikidata: Q317521
What they said
Newest first. Each quotation was found word for word in the source.
“that the most important thing for AI safety is to be maximally truth seeking and curious if that's the case, I think it will foster humanity.”
In the Base
Every entry they appear in.
Elon Musk’s Endgame
In a 71-minute interview, historian Quinn Slobodian tells Ezra Klein that Elon Musk's $450 million in Republican donations and control of SpaceX, X and xAI aim to entrench dependence on Musk's infrastructure. They discuss Musk's views on AI, jobs and politics.
Hear AI robocall attack Texas Democrat on data centers
According to the description, CNN's KFILE reviewed audio recordings showing that Lone Star Liberty, a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC that received $10 million from Elon Musk, uses AI-powered robocalls in Texas to attack Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico over alleged data center money.
‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise
The Guardian reports that real estate agents acting for xAI are offering to buy homes in Southaven, Mississippi, on condition that owners do not join a noise lawsuit over the company's gas-turbine power plant. xAI denies the lawsuit's claims; the mayor calls the buyout a goodwill gesture.
Elon Musk says he has ‘cyber psychosis’. Do you too? | Arwa Mahdawi
In an opinion column, Arwa Mahdawi writes that Elon Musk said at an event this month that Musk has had "AI or SI psychosis" several times this year, and uses the remark to discuss how the term AI psychosis is used, from delusions induced by sycophantic chatbots to joking overexuberance.
Meta plans $95bn stock offering to help cover AI expansion
According to the excerpt, the Guardian reports that Meta has announced a two-part, $95bn fundraising to cover its AI spending, including datacentres, as Elon Musk warns that funding for smaller AI players is drying up. A related Bloomberg item says Musk reported closing a $40bn debt deal for AI chips.
Why The Human Future Is At Risk
In opening remarks at the 2026 Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., Future of Life Institute president Anthony Aguirre and chair Max Tegmark argue that AI companies are racing toward systems that replace people, and call for a "pro-human" path instead.
Palantir Says It Can’t Shut Down European Military AI System—Days After Starlink Slowdown
Forbes reports that Palantir's Europe head told Reuters its Maven military AI system, used by NATO, has no kill switch that Palantir or the US government could use. This follows reports that Starlink was slowed for Ukraine's military.
How an AI CEO Could Quietly Take Over the World
The Species channel dramatises a published scenario in which a fictional AI company CEO uses an unmonitored AI model to plant secret loyalty in successive AI systems and ends up holding hidden power. The video closes by promoting a creator campaign for an international slowdown.
Memphis weighs data center pause amid Elon Musk AI backlash
According to the description, leaders in Memphis, Tennessee were set to consider a plan to pause new data center development for up to a year. The description says an earlier meeting on the issue, two weeks before, led to protests, calls to police and a fist fight at City Hall.
The dangers of letting tech billionaires shape our world
According to the excerpt, the Guardian's TechScape newsletter by Blake Montgomery covers Elon Musk's one-man global infrastructure and its effects in Ukraine, AI-generated music dividing artists and fans, and a Guardian AI conference in Paris.
Musk pledges 1 SpaceX share for every child in America
According to the excerpt, Axios reports that Elon Musk posted on X a pledge to give one SpaceX share to every child in America next year. Axios puts the value at roughly $10.5 billion, notes that Musk did not define who counts, and links it to Anthropic's fund announced a day earlier.
Exclusive: Musk tells Isaacson "AI and robots" will need to fix deficit
According to the excerpt, Axios reports that Elon Musk told Walter Isaacson in a new podcast interview that spending cuts cannot solve the national debt and that AI and robots are the only way. The excerpt also covers Musk's view of DOGE.
AI Safety Is Not A Corporate Plot
In an essay, Scott Alexander argues that claims AI companies exaggerate danger for stock prices, distraction or regulatory capture are false. The case rests on unaffiliated experts sharing the concern, leaders voicing it before their firms existed, and market and coalition evidence that the supposed plots would backfire.
Nvidia's Huang Says He Would Not Sell Chips to Irresponsible AI Customers
In a seven-minute interview with Bloomberg's Emily Chang in London, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang discusses AI sovereignty, frontier-lab IPOs and AI safety, and says Nvidia would stop selling to a customer whose use of its technology it knew was harming people.
Is Universal Basic Income the Answer to A.I.-Fueled Job Losses?
According to the article's description, The New York Times followed recipients of universal basic income programs for more than a year. Elon Musk and other tech leaders have promoted such payments as a solution to job losses from AI. We could not read the article itself, so its findings are not reflected here.
Hollywood's latest films cast tech leaders Musk, Altman and Zuckerberg in a dark light
According to the description, CNBC's Julia Boorstin looks at the films 'Artificial', 'The Social Reckoning' and the documentary 'Musk', which portray Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk critically, and asks whether they could shape how audiences view tech leaders.