The Problem With “The Matrix”
A new study warns that AI-generated 'blips' of knowledge create an illusion of understanding, tricking the brain into thinking it has mastered a topic and shutting down curiosity. This false confidenc…
A new study warns that AI-generated 'blips' of knowledge create an illusion of understanding, tricking the brain into thinking it has mastered a topic and shutting down curiosity. This false confidenc…
Elon Musk's AI company xAI has officially rebranded to SpaceXAI following its acquisition by SpaceX in February, debuting a new logo and updated social media handle. The rebrand comes after SpaceX's r…
SpaceX officially absorbed xAI under the SpaceXAI brand in May 2026, completing the largest private merger in history valued at $1.25 trillion. The new SpaceXAI logo embeds xAI within SpaceX's identit…
Elon Musk's AI consolidation took a public branding step on Monday as the X account @xAI changed to @SpaceXAI, but the move left legal and operational questions unanswered. The rebranding follows Musk…
Reddit is using AI to combat spam and harmful content, reporting it blocks 23 million spam views daily and reduced user exposure to spam by 20% from January to March. The company employs large languag…
SpaceX acquired Cursor's parent company Anysphere for $60 billion in stock, the largest startup acquisition in history, and Cursor launched a GitHub competitor called Origin. The deal consolidates dev…
An anonymous website, nederlandinbeeld.org, is using AI to manipulate official Dutch statistics and court records into anti-immigration propaganda, fueling unrest amid ongoing protests and attacks on …
A Hacker News user reported using Grok for scanning X, Gemini for fact-checking, Claude for coding, and GPT for image generation, highlighting distinct AI model preferences for specific tasks.…
Svenska Dagbladet tested AI chatbots on Sweden's election compass, but a new analysis by Agent Arena stripped away system prompts and web search to measure raw model leanings. Across 28 frontier model…
Tesla will cap employee AI spending at $200 per week starting July 6, according to an internal memo. The move comes months after the company urged workers to use AI more aggressively, highlighting cha…
XAI announced that Grok Build is now installed and available in Railway sandboxes, allowing developers to access AI-powered building tools via an SSH command for rapid prototyping and testing. The int…
SpaceX showed investors a prototype of a new AI-integrated device, a handset slimmer than an iPhone running on a proprietary SpaceX operating system, to boost interest ahead of its IPO. The device, wh…
The Wall Street Journal reported that SpaceX demonstrated a handheld AI device to investors ahead of its IPO, but Elon Musk called the report 'utterly false'. The device was said to be slimmer than an…
The UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI released its first report, warning that AI development is outpacing governance systems. The report highlights AI's benefits like drug discover…
SpaceX is offering Memphis residents a 50% discount on Starlink internet service amid backlash over its Colossus AI data center's energy use and emissions. The promotion, which includes waived hardwar…
Elon Musk's xAI is preparing to release a 1.5 trillion parameter Grok 4.5 model in July, followed by a 2 trillion parameter model in August. The models are being tested internally at SpaceX and Tesla …
Cursor launched a native iOS app on June 29, allowing developers to supervise AI coding agents from their phone. The app functions as a control panel for agents, not a mobile code editor, enabling use…
SpaceX is acquiring AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock deal, folding it into the xAI division alongside Grok and the Colossus supercomputer cluster. The acquisition signals that …
A user reported that Grok, an AI translation tool, mistranslated a coworker's Sichuan dialect tweet about a business meeting as a sexual threesome, causing professional embarrassment. The incident hig…
A developer reports that memory adherence is a systems problem, not a prompting problem, and that the key difference between model families is the control surface they offer. Claude provides a full la…