SpaceX bought xAI and is tying the deal to AI data centers in space. A proposed 1 million satellite constellation would support solar-powered orbital compute, but regulators and execution risks will decide how real it gets.
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Elon Musk is merging two of the companies that he leads, SpaceX and xAI (which also owns X), into one. According to an announcement from Musk: SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time […]
Nonprofits urge the U.S. government to suspend Grok in federal agencies after the xAI chatbot generated thousands of nonconsensual sexual images, raising national security and child safety concerns.

After weeks of flooding the internet with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, X has finally reined in Elon Musk’s rogue chatbot Grok. Musk claims Grok obeys local laws and refuses to produce anything illegal – except it hasn’t and it can. My testing shows Grok still readily undresses men and is still churning out intimate images on […]

ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it’s not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk’s AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from Google’s AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, too. Data suggests that’s on the rise, heightening concerns about accuracy and misinformation as Musk seeks to reshape […]

Elon Musk-led SpaceX may merge with another company helmed by Elon Musk. Reuters initially reported Thursday that SpaceX and xAI are “in discussions to merge” ahead of SpaceX’s IPO that’s planned for later this year. The merger would help with SpaceX’s plans to launch data centers into space, according to the publication. Later on Thursday, […]
This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League. On the other end of the spectrum, Anthropic’s Claude performed the best according to the report’s metrics, but the ADL said all models had gaps that required improvement. […]