Elon Musk likes to say he doesn’t want to be CEO of Tesla. He is pushing for changes that make Tesla’s traditional car business less of a priority. “Tesla will spend around $10B this year in combined training and inference AI, the latter being primarily in car," Musk tweeted recently. The biggest potential for Tesla, Musk said, is how AI can be used in humanoid robots, dubbed Optimus, for application in homes as housekeepers or factories as workers. Without him, Musk suggested to investors, Tesla might not be able to do Optimus.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 04, 2024 14:54 UTC