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Special Electrek podcast: Is Elon Musk blackmailing TSLA for $100B, admitting to conflicts of interest?

2024/1/16
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Fran Lambert: 马斯克的推文表明，除非他能获得特斯拉公司大约25%的投票控制权，否则他将不愿将特斯拉发展成为AI和机器人领域的领导者。他还表示，除非获得25%的投票控制权，否则他更愿意在XAI而非特斯拉开发AI产品。这表明马斯克存在明显的利益冲突，因为他同时是特斯拉的CEO和XAI的创始人。这种行为也可能构成对特斯拉股东的受托责任的违反。 Fran Lambert进一步指出，马斯克要求获得额外12%的特斯拉股份作为补偿，这会降低现有股东的股份价值。更重要的是，他威胁说如果得不到补偿，他将把AI人才转移到自己的公司，损害特斯拉的股价。这使得马斯克的行为构成明显的利益冲突和违反受托责任。 Fran Lambert认为，马斯克公开承认其优先事项并非特斯拉股东的利益，而是对AI的控制，这进一步证明了他的行为构成违反受托责任。他认为，特斯拉董事会应该解雇马斯克的CEO职务，因为他公开承认了利益冲突，这违反了他的合同。 Seth Winthrop: 马斯克的推文暗示存在严重的利益冲突，甚至可能违反了对特斯拉股东的受托责任。马斯克创建新的AI公司XAI与他反复声称特斯拉是一家AI/机器人公司相矛盾，这本身就存在利益冲突。马斯克的行为构成明显的利益冲突，因为他同时是特斯拉的CEO和XAI的创始人。 Seth Winthrop认为，马斯克的行为构成违反受托责任，因为他承认其优先事项并非特斯拉股东的利益，而是对AI的控制。他认为，特斯拉董事会应该解雇马斯克的CEO职务，因为他公开承认了利益冲突，这违反了他的合同。Seth Winthrop还指出，公开承认的利益冲突应该导致CEO立即下台。

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The podcast discusses Elon Musk's recent tweet requesting a 25% stake in Tesla to advance AI, admitting a conflict of interest and potential breach of fiduciary duty.

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This is a special episode of the Electrek podcast in which we dive into Elon Musk's comments) from last night requesting a 25% stake in Tesla in order to advance AI at the company, which he himself described as an AI/robotics company.

The Electrek podcast is generally live every Friday at 4 PM ET, but we are making a special episode today to discuss a strange situation.

If you want a primer before the podcast, you can read my article from last night: Elon Musk complains about his smaller stake in Tesla after wasting it on buying Twitter).

In a new tweet, Musk seems to admit to a serious conflict of interest and possibly even a breach of fiduciary duty toward Tesla shareholders.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1746999488252703098

The CEO says that he prefers building AI products at his new startup rather than at Tesla unless he receives a new compensation plan that would give him control over 25% of the company's shares.

Is this blackmail? Is this a conflict of interest? Join us live to discuss the situation.

The episode will start recording live at 11:15 AM ET. You can join us live on YouTube (or most other platforms):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8su4AEc8uDY