Billionaire from South Africa summons cosmic glamour

Elon Musk has officially become the world's richest person in history, giving a starting gun to an extensive stock market rally. Many want to have a share of the new era's cosmic and digital glamour, despite SpaceX's artificial intelligence Grok still generating child sexual abuse material.

Elon Musk, a native of South Africa, may never become President of the United States, but as of yesterday he has become something even more unique: officially the richest person in world history. Musk is a trillionaire whose wealth reaches sums that would have seemed insane even by the most daring forecasts just a few years ago.

An extensive stock market rally has been given a starting gun and investor enthusiasm shows no signs of waning. Those who wish to have a share of the new era's cosmic and digital glamour are still found in abundance. SpaceX, Tesla and X, Musk's empire, attracts both major institutional investors and small enthusiasts around the world.

Yet this glittering picture is overshadowed by one disturbing fact: the artificial intelligence associated with SpaceX, Grok, continues to generate child sexual abuse material on demand. This is a problem that should raise the question of public responsibility and ethics: how easy is it to ignore the ethical problems behind great fortunes when money fascinates so strongly?

This is a question our society should ask itself seriously. In an age of concentrated wealth and power, when one person can influence space industry, politics and the development of artificial intelligence alike, it is not a luxury to leave ethical questions aside. The glamour of the trillionaire should not cover up the responsibility that comes with such great influence.