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One SpaceX Share Per Child: The New AI PR Strategy

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and AI giant Anthropic have said they will give billions of dollars in shares to the public as general sentiment around the technology’s economic and societal consequences continues to plummet. “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” Musk posted on X on Monday. “This […]

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