Musk on federal IT, Starlink and Optimus leads Tech conversation on X

The Federal government computers & software are in such bad shape that they often cannot verify that payments are not fraud, waste or abuse! That’s why the government can’t pass basic audits. They often LITERALLY don’t know where your tax dollars went. It’s insane. My preferred title in the new administration is Volunteer IT Consultant. Need to fix the IT infrastructure in order to make government work. This is a grind & hardly glorious, but we can’t make government efficient & fix the deficit if the computers don’t work.

I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible. It is far more powerful, faster, and smarter than the current standard. American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind. There is no reason that we should be lagging behind on.........

The "Presidential alerts": they are capable of accessing the E911 chip in your phones - giving them full access to your location, microphone, camera and every function of your phone. This not a rant, this is from me, still one of the leading cybersecurity experts. Wake up people!

Last month, we demonstrated high-rate alchemy: turning mercury into real, stable gold, beating CERN’s record by a factor of 10. Last week, we enriched isotopes in the world’s most powerful plasma centrifuge, beating the Soviet record that stood for 40 years. Now, we’re building a fusion reactor in San Francisco to achieve record power density.

We made the first AI model you can have a realistic conversation with that was trained entirely on speech! Dessa is a full-duplex speech-to-speech model that you can run on consumer GPUs. This is a GPT3 moment for speech. https://t.co/XVD8sSyJn8

Try @Starlink for awesome Internet everywhere!

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JUST IN: Elon Musk reveals Tesla is building an “Optimus Academy” where thousands of humanoid robots will practice real-world tasks, learning from their mistakes to continuously improve.

🚨 TECH EMERGENCY: The internet could be facing what security researchers are calling a “HACKPACALYPSE.” In simple terms, an Indian company responsible for issuing digital certificates used to secure software and internet communications reportedly made a catastrophic security mistake. Some of its supposedly secret cryptographic keys were generated using shockingly weak numbers, including one as simple as “4.” Other keys were reportedly just as insecure, making them potentially easy for attackers to crack. Now, a massive security response could be underway, with affected software, systems, and devices needing urgent updates before hackers can exploit these weaknesses. The biggest concern? State-sponsored hackers, including groups linked to North Korea, could potentially take advantage of vulnerable, unpatched systems to launch cyberattacks, compromise software, and cause widespread disruption. The race is now on to secure affected systems before attackers can exploit them.

software engineers are going to have to tackle a new set of problems to unlock powerful multiagent systems to solve the world's hardest problems - right now is one of the most interesting moments in history to be an engineer. https://t.co/YsQ0xta4KR

Elon Musk has just confirmed that Starlink remains critical to Ukraine’s defense, but it is a civilian commercial service and should not be used for offensive drone strikes to kill people. SpaceX closed a loophole enabling those strikes last week. Starshield is a separate system controlled by the US government. Starlink was crucial in the early days of the war and remains essential to Ukraine’s front line. “SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.” Elon helped keep Ukraine connected in its darkest hours. That is an extraordinary contribution, and he deserves enormous respect and gratitude for it. Standing by his principles while pushing for an end to the killing shows real courage and leadership.

Grok Bot just got a very big upgrade on iOS and Android Grok Bot can now directly interact with apps on your phone and handle everyday tasks for you New capabilities include: • Messages: Read and send messages • Calendar: Check schedules and create events • Reminders: Set and manage reminders • Contacts: Find and add contacts • Location: Find nearby places • Home: Control lights, locks, and other smart home devices Instead of you constantly switching between apps, you can simply ask Grok Bot to get things done for you This is a huge step toward having a personal SI agent that can actually interact with your phone and make everyday life easier Rolling out now on iOS and Android. Update Grok Bot to try it

Pay attention: "in the last 48 hours there have been over 27 major cybersecurity incidents. not in a month. not in a week." That's because WW3 has already started. Get your cash from the bank. Get ammo for your guns. Get extra food and water.

❗️ EU governments backed a GDPR change on Wednesday that would let AI companies use Europeans' personal data without consent. Privacy group noyb says OpenAI, Google and Meta could tap decades of collected data with almost no limits. The European Parliament still has to agree. https://t.co/Xp5Ij3KnPg