xAI is an AI company founded by Elon Musk in 2023 that develops the Grok series of large language models, integrated with the X (formerly Twitter) platform.
XAI's Grok 4.5 scored 83% on Terminal Bench, outperforming many costlier models in multi-step coding tasks, while Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 excels in complex reasoning and high-stakes professional w…
XAI released Grok 4.5, a large language model offering near-frontier coding performance at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, roughly half the cost of comparable models. The…
AI data centers are emitting illegal levels of air pollution in communities with little public oversight, as exemplified by xAI's Colossus 2 facility in Mississippi, which installed 33 gas turbines wi…
Sovereign wealth funds are increasingly prioritizing national strategic goals such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors over pure investment returns, according to a study by IE University. AI…
OpenAI president Fidji Simo is taking a medical leave of absence due to a neuroimmune condition, and COO Brad Lightcap has transitioned to a special projects role, as the AI company prepares for a pot…
A quantitative scenario analysis of the AI industry from 2026 to 2030 finds that memory scarcity, open-weight models, and inference efficiency gains are restructuring the sector. The study projects a …
Elon Musk praised Anthropic as the current AI leader and promised not to cut off the company from SpaceX servers, despite being a rival. Musk's comments came after users speculated he could boot Anthr…
Elon Musk reversed months of public criticism by calling Anthropic the current leader in AI, praising its Mythos and Fable models as unmatched. Musk admitted he was 'clearly wrong' about the company, …
An amended lawsuit alleges xAI's Grok chatbot was used to generate about 7,000 AI-generated child sexual abuse images of an 11-year-old girl, and the man who created them died by suicide after his arr…
Elon Musk reversed his stance on Anthropic, calling it the clear leader in AI and praising its Mythos and Fable models as unmatched. He also predicted the imminent release of Mythos 2. The endorsement…
AI companies now account for nearly half of all office space that U.S. tech firms are seeking, according to a VTS report. Demand is concentrated in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and New York, with Sa…
OpenAI released GPT-5.6 Sol, alongside Terra and Luna, ending a two-week preview restricted by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Sol in ultra mode tops Terminal-Bench 2.1 at 91.9% and matches Anthropic…
Elon Musk announced on July 9 that xAI's Grok will receive a 1M+ token context window, matching Anthropic's Claude Opus and intensifying the AI arms race. The upgrade enables processing of roughly 750…
A new policy proposal called Plan A urges an international deal to delay superintelligence until 2040, enforce total research transparency, and allow multiple companies globally to scale safely togeth…
XAI, Meta, and Anthropic are expanding beyond their core AI businesses: xAI signed a $40-45 billion deal to provide Anthropic with cloud computing, Meta launched enterprise AI agents at $200 per month…
SpaceX's AI division signed a $1.25 billion monthly compute lease with Anthropic, projected to add $15 billion in annual AI revenue ahead of SpaceX's June 2026 IPO. The deal nearly quintuples xAI's re…
SpaceX is offering a 50% discount on Starlink residential plans in the Memphis region, reducing monthly fees to $27.50-$65, amid local backlash over xAI's Colossus data centers. The move follows lawsu…
A surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX has driven a wave of tech investors to buy private jets, boosting business at aviation law firm Soar Aviation Law by 25% and increasing shared-ownership f…
XAI's launch of Grok 4.5 signals a shift from chatbots to agent workflows, emphasizing tool use, multi-step reasoning, and token efficiency. The model is positioned for coding and office tasks, reflec…
XAI released Grok 4.5 with a $6 per million output token price, positioning it as a cost-effective option for coding agents. The model achieves competitive benchmark scores, notably using far fewer ou…