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Elon Musk reportedly diverted thousands of AI chips from Tesla to X
The diversion could delay Tesla’s development of a robotaxi.
Elon Musk ordered thousands of Nvidia-made AI chips destined for Tesla to be diverted to his social media company X, according to emails from the chipmaker obtained by CNBC. “In exchange, original X orders of 12k H100 slated for Jan and June to be redirected to Tesla.” In follow-up messages, Nvidia employees noted that Musk’s comments during the earnings call and in subsequent posts on X “conflicts with bookings.” Meanwhile, Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving driver-assist features, which serve as a bedrock for the company’s autonomy work, have come under scrutiny for hundreds of crashes, dozens of which have resulted in fatalities.
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