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.
The US government is urging Meta to submit its AI models for evaluation, making it the only major AI developer that hasn't voluntarily shared its models for review amid growing safety and security con…
President Donald Trump announced on June 5 that his administration is exploring direct equity stakes in AI companies OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, aiming to let taxpayers share in AI growth. The move fo…
Meta has not yet agreed to voluntarily submit its AI models for government safety review under President Trump's June 2 executive order, while Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and Microsoft have signed…
OpenRouter launched a Unified Image API providing standardized access to over 30 image generation models from providers including Google, OpenAI, and Black Forest Labs. The API includes a model discov…
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman called Elon Musk's xAI a 'complete train wreck' and said SpaceX is 'not an AI company' in a podcast interview, while also criticizing the U.S. government's handling of…
ByteDance is seeking a $20 billion offshore loan to fund an AI infrastructure buildout, nearly doubling its previous record, as the TikTok parent pivots from social media to competing with OpenAI. The…
The Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its most capable AI models for federal security review, making Meta the only major US developer that has not agreed to do so. The voluntary reviews,…
The Trump administration is pressing Meta to voluntarily submit its AI models for government review before release, according to Reuters. Meta is the only major U.S. AI developer that has not yet agre…
The Trump administration is pressing Meta to voluntarily submit its AI models for government security reviews, making it the only major US AI company without such an agreement. The push follows an exe…
MIT alumni and supporters are rallying to defend the institution's mission of advancing scientific research, merit-based admissions, and national prosperity amid perceived threats to academic freedom …
Oracle laid off 21,000 workers, a 12.9% reduction, partly due to AI adoption and a restructuring plan to focus on cloud offerings. The company plans to raise $45–50 billion in 2026 to expand AI data c…
SpaceX, with $100.8 billion in cash, is issuing at least $20 billion in bonds to replace a short-term bridge loan used to acquire xAI, despite negative free cash flow of $14.1 billion last year. The m…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed Elon Musk's plan for orbital data centers, saying the costs would outweigh the benefits and that the AI race will be decided on Earth. Son's comments came as Space…
Daters are increasingly using AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude as relationship coaches to draft messages, interpret replies, and even break up, sparking debate about authenticity in romance. While …
XAI's Grok 5 remains unreleased as the company's Q2 2026 window closes, with crowd-sourced predictions now pointing to an August 1, 2026 release date. The probability of a June 30 launch has collapsed…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticized rival tech executives for being too honest about AI's potential to eliminate white-collar jobs, urging a focus on reorganizing jobs rather than announcing layoff…
XAI launched /goal in Grok Build, a mode for long-running autonomous coding tasks with built-in verification. The agent plans, executes, and verifies multi-step objectives like module migration, reduc…
Open source AI startup Reflection AI will pay SpaceX $150 million per month through 2029 for access to Nvidia GB300 chips at SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center, in a deal worth up to $6.3 billion. The ag…
SpaceX shares have plummeted from a post-IPO high of $225 to around $170, wiping out gains for investors who bought near the peak. The decline follows a merger with Musk's AI startup xAI, which added …
SpaceX announced the acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion in stock, just days after its $75 billion IPO. The deal, expected to close in Q3 2026, give…