On his social media platform X on Tuesday, the billionaire posted "Shut up, Dan," just hours after the analyst and Tesla fan recommended that the electric car maker's board of directors curb the CEO's political activity.

President Trump announced Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will temporarily lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, weeks after Mr. Trump withdrew an Elon Musk-linked entrepreneur as his pick to lead the space agency.

The AI chatbot Grok, which is produced by Elon Musk’s xAI, wrote numerous antisemitic social media posts Tuesday after the artificial intelligence company released a revamped version of it over the weekend. The posts ranged from alleging "patterns" about Jewish people to praising Hitler.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is taking down antisemitic comments and other “inappropriate posts” made by its Grok chatbot, including some praising Adolf Hitler.

Tesla, the jewel of Musk’s public holdings, has paid the price. The electric vehicle company has shed over $350 billion in market cap since the start of the year. X, formerly known as Twitter, hasn’t fared much better: its AI chatbot Grok has been caught spewing antisemitic content, and CEO Linda Yaccarino just announced her resignation on July 9.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company took action against its Grok chatbot on Wednesday, removing a post it had made praising Adolf Hitler in response to a question related to the deadly Texas Hill Country flood.

As the Tesla boss has ramped up threats to form a new third party after Republicans passed Trump’s mega-spending bill, Musk also purged his X account of House Speaker Mike Johnson, the White House’s Rapid Response account, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, Energy Secretary Chris White, and MAGA activist Scott Presler.

The two men spoke about Mr. Musk’s push to create the America Party before the midterm elections. Mr. Yarvin has expressed support for a monarchy, along with provocative ideas about race.