David Ingram

Tech Reporter

I am a journalist covering technology for NBC News. I write about a wide array of subjects, including Elon Musk’s expansive business empire, the latest in anti-drone defense systems and the intersection of tech and national political campaigns. Based in our San Francisco bureau, I also sometimes write about what’s happening in America’s tech hub and most interesting city.

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I am a journalist covering technology for NBC News. I write about a wide array of subjects, including Elon Musk’s expansive business empire, the latest in anti-drone defense systems and the intersection of tech and national political campaigns. Based in our San Francisco bureau, I also sometimes write about what’s happening in America’s tech hub and most interesting city.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from David Ingram

Judge denies request by Elon Musk’s xAI to pause Minnesota nudification ban

A judge denied a request from Elon Musk’s AI company xAI to block Minnesota’s law that will be the first in the nation to ban nudification technology.

New bill takes aim at Chinese AI companies accused of copying American tech

The bipartisan effort addresses claims from American tech companies and officials that Chinese companies are “distilling” frontier U.S. models.

China fires back at Trump administration claims that its AI companies steal U.S. tech

A government spokesperson told NBC News that the allegations were an unfounded “smear” resulting from prejudice.

Meet the little-known companies behind America’s data center boom

AI demand has brought billions in financing to developers, while putting them at the center of fights over electricity, pollution and land.

How a bungled email from Apple’s lawyer soured talks with OpenAI before Apple sued

A lawyer for Apple apologized for mixing up two OpenAI employees with the names Wang and Chang.
23d ago

Texas Democrat vows to investigate Musk’s SpaceX if elected attorney general

A Texas Democrat is launching a political attack ahead of the midterm elections on one of his state’s most influential residents, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
29d ago

Another crash and more grief as questions swirl around Tesla’s self-driving tech

Lawyers and the families of victims of fatal Tesla Autopilot crashes told NBC News they take issue with how Elon Musk markets self-driving technology.

Ads for AI sex workers are flooding Instagram and TikTok

AI Apps promising sexual images are running hundreds of ads on social media. Human sex workers are often banned. Companies are following the success of ChatGPT.

Inside the Trump administration scramble that forced Anthropic’s most powerful AI model offline

Disagreements over Anthropic’s Fable 5’s guardrails and a workaround led to the company’s most advanced systems’ being taken offline.
51d ago

SpaceX’s PAC doubles down on Republicans ahead of historic IPO and midterms

An NBC News analysis finds that SpaceX’s PAC now gives almost exclusively to Republicans, breaking from its more bipartisan past.