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Tesla’s board chair is defending a proposed 10-year, $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk.

Rainmaker wants to use flares to seed clouds — the airline pilots’ union says it won’t be safe.

Stellantis, the parent company of Ram, said Friday that it will no longer develop a battery-electric full-size pickup. The company cited low demand for full-size battery-electric trucks as the primary reason.

Transit tech software startup Via had its IPO debut on Friday, starting at below offering price before rising to close at nearly $50.

SB 243 passed the California Senate on Thursday and heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk. If SB 243 is enacted, California would become the first state to require operators to implement safety protocols for AI companions and hold companies legally accountable if their chatbots fail to meet those standards.

OpenAI and Microsoft say they reached a non-binding agreement on a revised partnership.

The AI-powered search startup’s valuation jumped from $18 billion two months earlier.

In a blog post shared Wednesday, Mira Murati’s startup offered a rare glimpse into some of work its doing to improve AI models.

The two-year-old startup has been in discussions with investors for a Series C round.

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