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India Today
4 days ago
- Automotive
- India Today
Support for Musk ironclad: Tesla's robot chief Milan Kovac quits
Milan Kovac, the head of Tesla's ambitious Optimus humanoid robot program, announced on Friday that he is stepping down from his role, saying he plans to return home to spend more time with family. Kovac made the announcement in a heartfelt post on X, making clear that the decision was personal and not linked to any issues at Tesla.'This week, I've had to make the most difficult decision of my life and will be moving out of my position,' Kovac wrote. 'I've been far away from home for too long and will need to spend more time with family abroad. I want to make it clear that this is the only reason.'advertisementKovac joined Tesla in 2016 as an engineer on the core Autopilot team. He later rose to lead the Optimus robot program, where he played a key role in developing Tesla's humanoid robot from scratch. In September 2023, he was named vice president. 'The transition to build & lead the Optimus group early 2022, when we had nothing but a couple Kuka arms arranged upside-down, was of another level for me,' he reflected. 'We had to build an entire platform: hardware & software all at once. And this amazing team did it. They did it, I didn't.'Kovac emphasized his ongoing belief in Tesla's mission and his admiration for CEO Elon Musk, despite his departure.'My support for @elonmusk and the team is ironclad – Tesla team forever,' he wrote. 'Elon, you've taught me to discern signal from noise, hardcore resilience, and many fundamental principles of engineering. I am forever grateful.'Over the past 9+ years, I've had the immense privilege to work with some of the most brilliant minds in AI & engineering. I've built friendships that will last a week, I've had to make the most difficult decision of my life and will be moving out of my position. Milan Kovac (@_milankovac_) June 6, 2025advertisementThe veteran engineer, known internally for his relentless focus and late-night debugging marathons, also gave a parting nod to his colleagues across departments.'It's been so humbling to work with such talented people, and I've got entire faith in them pushing Optimus to the next level,' he ended on a confident note about Tesla's future: 'Tesla will win, I guarantee you that.'Bloomberg News, which initially reported the development, said in its report that Kovac would leave his position immediately, and Ashok Elluswamy, who currently leads Tesla's autopilot teams, will take on his has earlier said he expected Tesla to make thousands of Optimus robots this year. He said in April that China's export restrictions on rare-earth magnets had affected production of the humanoid robots.
Washington Post
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Doonesbury Comic Strips by Garry Trudeau - March 12, 2025
........Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Trump speech: "We're fighting with Canada, we're fighting with Mexico, yet we're in love with Putin? This is not America. This is a terrible nightmare. Somebody slap me and wake me the f**k up."....Elon Musk on Social Security: "The biggest Ponzi scheme of all time."....Trump on USAid: "It's a scam. It's a fraud, a lot of it, most of it. The whole thing is a giant fraud."....Musk on the US government: "One big pyramid scheme."....Paul Krugman: "America is trapped in a burning Tesla."....Trump on why Zelensky wasn't invited to peace talks: "I don't think he's important."....Sen. Adam Schiff on Trump: "You can't tell when he's or Putin's talking because it's the same words that come out."....Sen. Chris Van Hollen: "When Donald Trump says something the reality is that everybody else gets a lobotomy."....Brian Glenn of Real America's Voice to Zelensky, in Oval Office: "Why don't you wear a suit? Do you own a suit?"....Trump on Zelensky: "If somebody doesn't want to make a deal, I think that person won't be around very long. That person will not be listened to very long."....former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev on Zelensky: "The insolent pig finally got a proper slapdown in the Oval Office."....Matt Taibbi on Zelensky: "The GEICO Lizard of the New World Order...F**k him. And f**k Starmer."....Maureen Dowd: "Trump is wedded to his demented dream of a troika of strongmen -- himself, Putin, and Xi Jinping -- astride the world."....Trump: "This country has gotten bloated and fat and disgusting and incompetently run."....Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita on new Michael Wolff book: "Total believes any of it."....WH Communications Director Steven Cheung on Wolff: "A lying sack of sh* has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain."....Maureen Dowd: "Trump does not do well with reality. He tries to impose his own on the rest of us.".....Trump on NATO: "I know the guys very well. They're friends of think they're going to come and protect us? They're supposed to. I'm not so sure."....Warren Buffett on tariffs: "They're an act of war, to some degree. Over time they're a tax on goods. The Tooth Fairy doesn't pay them."....John Bolton on Trump's unwillingness to call Putin a dictator: "He believes Vladimir Putin is his friend, and y'know you don't call your friends 'dictators.'"....Open AI CEO Sam Altman on Elon Musk: "Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity. I feel for the guy. I don't think he's, like, a happy person."....Tesla bumpersticker: "I bought this before I knew he was crazy."....painted on back of car: "Russia conquered half of America faster than it conquered one-fifth of Ukraine.".... ........Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Trump speech: "We're fighting with Canada, we're fighting with Mexico, yet we're in love with Putin? This is not America. This is a terrible nightmare. Somebody slap me and wake me the f**k up."....Elon Musk on Social Security: "The biggest Ponzi scheme of all time."....Trump on USAid: "It's a scam. It's a fraud, a lot of it, most of it. The whole thing is a giant fraud."....Musk on the US government: "One big pyramid scheme."....Paul Krugman: "America is trapped in a burning Tesla."....Trump on why Zelensky wasn't invited to peace talks: "I don't think he's important."....Sen. Adam Schiff on Trump: "You can't tell when he's or Putin's talking because it's the same words that come out."....Sen. Chris Van Hollen: "When Donald Trump says something the reality is that everybody else gets a lobotomy."....Brian Glenn of Real America's Voice to Zelensky, in Oval Office: "Why don't you wear a suit? Do you own a suit?"....Trump on Zelensky: "If somebody doesn't want to make a deal, I think that person won't be around very long. That person will not be listened to very long."....former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev on Zelensky: "The insolent pig finally got a proper slapdown in the Oval Office."....Matt Taibbi on Zelensky: "The GEICO Lizard of the New World Order...F**k him. And f**k Starmer."....Maureen Dowd: "Trump is wedded to his demented dream of a troika of strongmen -- himself, Putin, and Xi Jinping -- astride the world."....Trump: "This country has gotten bloated and fat and disgusting and incompetently run."....Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita on new Michael Wolff book: "Total believes any of it."....WH Communications Director Steven Cheung on Wolff: "A lying sack of sh* has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain."....Maureen Dowd: "Trump does not do well with reality. He tries to impose his own on the rest of us.".....Trump on NATO: "I know the guys very well. They're friends of think they're going to come and protect us? They're supposed to. I'm not so sure."....Warren Buffett on tariffs: "They're an act of war, to some degree. Over time they're a tax on goods. The Tooth Fairy doesn't pay them."....John Bolton on Trump's unwillingness to call Putin a dictator: "He believes Vladimir Putin is his friend, and y'know you don't call your friends 'dictators.'"....Open AI CEO Sam Altman on Elon Musk: "Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity. I feel for the guy. I don't think he's, like, a happy person."....Tesla bumpersticker: "I bought this before I knew he was crazy."....painted on back of car: "Russia conquered half of America faster than it conquered one-fifth of Ukraine.".... ........Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Trump speech: "We're fighting with Canada, we're fighting with Mexico, yet we're in love with Putin? This is not America. This is a terrible nightmare. Somebody slap me and wake me the f**k up."....Elon Musk on Social Security: "The biggest Ponzi scheme of all time."....Trump on USAid: "It's a scam. It's a fraud, a lot of it, most of it. The whole thing is a giant fraud."....Musk on the US government: "One big pyramid scheme."....Paul Krugman: "America is trapped in a burning Tesla."....Trump on why Zelensky wasn't invited to peace talks: "I don't think he's important."....Sen. Adam Schiff on Trump: "You can't tell when he's or Putin's talking because it's the same words that come out."....Sen. Chris Van Hollen: "When Donald Trump says something the reality is that everybody else gets a lobotomy."....Brian Glenn of Real America's Voice to Zelensky, in Oval Office: "Why don't you wear a suit? Do you own a suit?"....Trump on Zelensky: "If somebody doesn't want to make a deal, I think that person won't be around very long. That person will not be listened to very long."....former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev on Zelensky: "The insolent pig finally got a proper slapdown in the Oval Office."....Matt Taibbi on Zelensky: "The GEICO Lizard of the New World Order...F**k him. And f**k Starmer."....Maureen Dowd: "Trump is wedded to his demented dream of a troika of strongmen -- himself, Putin, and Xi Jinping -- astride the world."....Trump: "This country has gotten bloated and fat and disgusting and incompetently run."....Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita on new Michael Wolff book: "Total believes any of it."....WH Communications Director Steven Cheung on Wolff: "A lying sack of sh* has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain."....Maureen Dowd: "Trump does not do well with reality. He tries to impose his own on the rest of us.".....Trump on NATO: "I know the guys very well. They're friends of think they're going to come and protect us? They're supposed to. I'm not so sure."....Warren Buffett on tariffs: "They're an act of war, to some degree. Over time they're a tax on goods. The Tooth Fairy doesn't pay them."....John Bolton on Trump's unwillingness to call Putin a dictator: "He believes Vladimir Putin is his friend, and y'know you don't call your friends 'dictators.'"....Open AI CEO Sam Altman on Elon Musk: "Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity. I feel for the guy. I don't think he's, like, a happy person."....Tesla bumpersticker: "I bought this before I knew he was crazy."....painted on back of car: "Russia conquered half of America faster than it conquered one-fifth of Ukraine."....
