Musk responded to newly released Epstein files that include him, writing on X that he had “very little correspondence” with Jeffrey Epstein and did not go to his island.

"It's like a technology monastery thing," Musk said about SpaceX's Starbase campus. "Remote and mostly dudes."

Prosecutors in Paris said they asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning after searching X's offices in as part of a probe into sexual deepfakes.

French officials search X's office in Paris and ask Elon Musk to answer questions about the platform amid a probe into its algorithms and AI functions.

"I would suggest looking in a mirror if you have any concerns about people's looks," Goldberg said.

The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.

A senior figure in a council's savings initiative has said comparisons to its Elon Musk-led inspiration "probably wasn't helpful". Reform UK launched its Department of Local Government Efficiency (Dolge) scheme at Kent County Council in June,