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Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal
In a sense, this whole thing was inevitable. Elon Musk and his coterie have been talking about AI…
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xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands
On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing a full 45-minute all-hands meeting video on X, making…
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Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy
At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have now publicly announced their departure from xAI in the past…
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Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company
Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next…
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Anthropic closes in on $20B round
Anthropic is in the final stages of raising $20 billion in new capital at a valuation of $350…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, with plan to build data centers in space
SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, creating the world’s most valuable private company, the spaceflight…
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Coalition demands federal Grok ban over nonconsensual sexual content
A coalition of nonprofits is urging the U.S. government to immediately suspend the deployment of Grok, the chatbot…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI in talks to merge, according to reports
Three of Elon Musk’s companies — SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla — are in play for a potential merger.…
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Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI
Three weeks ago, Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, revealed it raised $20 billion in a Series E funding…
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‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: report slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures
A new risk assessment has found that xAI’s chatbot Grok has inadequate identification of users under 18, weak…