Elon Musk responded in kind to Tesla Inc. investors approving his $1 trillion compensation package, making a series of extravagant predictions about what the company will be capable of in the years to come.

However, Ray says he became concerned about Neo after the Wall Street Journal published a story in which technology columnist Joanna Stern tried a demo and found that the robot is being remotely controlled, meaning the device is actively watching and listening (with its four onboard microphones) to everything that’s going on in your home.

Every day, dozens of human "data collectors" repeat each activity hundreds of times to train Tesla's Optimus robots.

Elon Musk won a shareholder vote that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets.

Tesla's Optimus robot handed out candy by New York's Nasdaq building. The bot was plugged in, and it's unclear whether it was tele-operated by humans.

Musk warned Tesla risked losing him if the package failed and said he wants to build a "robot army" he can control.

Tesla shareholders have voted to approve CEO Elon Musk’s record-setting $1 trillion performance-based pay package, a deal that could make him the highest-paid executive in history—if he delivers on a series of ambitious milestones tied to the company’s growth in cars,

On November 6, over 75% of voters approved the plan as shareholders came together in Austin, Texas, for their yearly meeting.

Enter NEO, a humanoid robot created by 1X, an artificial intelligence and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California. The robot became available for preorder on Oct. 28 for $20,000 for those who want to own it, and $499 per month for anyone who wants to try it out through 1X's subscription option.

That could help him eventually top what is now considered America’s all-time richest man, John D. Rockefeller. The oil titan is estimated by Guinness World Records to have been worth $630 billion, in current dollars, at his peak wealth more than 110 years ago. Musk is worth $493 billion, as estimated by Forbes magazine.