Elon Musk on Tesla, Starlink, Protests, Politics, AI

Elon Musk, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., talks about his future leading the electric car maker, sales at Tesla, leading Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, possibly taking Starlink public, his pay package at Tesla, his role in politics, and regulating artificial intelligence. He speaks via video link to Bloomberg's Mishal Husain at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha. The government of the State of Qatar is the underwriter of the Qatar Economic Forum, Powered by Bloomberg.

00:00 Elon Musk
00:30 Musk's travel schedule
01:30 Musk working for DOGE
01:55 Blowback against Tesla
04:00 Musk says things are fine at Tesla
04:23 Musk commits to being CEO at Tesla
05:00 Musk talks about his pay package at Tesla
07:00 Musk on the protests against Tesla
09:00 Musk says violence against Tesla is never justified
10:30 Musk on business at SpaceX
12:30 Musk says Starlink may go public at some point
15:00 Musk will move ahead with lawsuit against OpenAI
17:00 Musk on AI regulation
21:00 Musk says there's no conflict of interest at DOGE
23:00 Musk on working with DOGE
24:00 Musk on South Africa/Starlink
26:20 How much money can DOGE save?
29:00 Musk says DOGE is an advisory group
30:00 Musk on Bill Gates
33:00 Musk on fighting AIDS, USAID
35:00 Musk is pulling back on political spending
35:42 Musk: I don't speak to Russia's Putin
38:00 Musk's biggest challenges

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