A photo supposedly showing billionaire Elon Musk and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell together at a party has circulated online for years. For example, on Feb. 22, 2025, a Reddit user shared ( archived) a screenshot of an X post with the photo, writing, "Be a shame if this f***ing picture got around."

A proposed transatlantic tunnel could one day link New York and London, reducing travel time between the two cities to under an hour. The ambitious project, estimated to cost $19 trillion, would rely on vacuum tube technology to transport high-speed trains at unprecedented speeds.

What does it mean to be intelligent? Popular pundits are chiming in on the question as they wrestle over Musk's brilliance.