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.
Dozens of large, off-grid natural gas power plants are being rapidly approved across the United States to fuel the AI industry's data center boom, often with little public scrutiny or environmental re…
Colorado's original AI law, SB 24-205, was judicially stayed and replaced by SB 26-189 after xAI sued and the DOJ intervened. The new law, effective January 1, 2027, eliminates annual impact assessmen…
US states including Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania are fast-tracking approval of power plants for AI data centers, bypassing public hearings and environmental reviews to approve projects in as little a…
The US Justice Department filed to intervene in a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI on June 16, arguing that unpermitted natural gas turbines at its Mississippi data center are essential f…
The Pentagon disclosed in a sworn filing that xAI's Grok chatbot was used to support over 2,000 missile strikes within 96 hours, marking a significant deployment of commercial AI in military operation…
The Pentagon disclosed in a Justice Department filing that xAI's Grok chatbot was used to target over 2,000 munitions at 2,000 distinct targets in Iran within 96 hours, calling continued operation of …
The U.S. Department of Justice on June 16 asked a federal court to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit against xAI's Mississippi data center, arguing that shutting down unpermitted natural gas turbines would thr…
The Trump administration is intervening in a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that the NAACP's lawsuit threatens a data center powering Grok systems used by the military. The US …
The US Department of Justice moved to dismiss a Clean Air Act lawsuit by the NAACP against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that enforcing pollution regulations at its Mississippi data center could threaten n…
SpaceX stock fell from its peak of $222 to around $200 on Tuesday, marking its first sustained decline since going public on Friday. The decline comes amid concerns over the company's cash burn, its m…
MIT Technology Review released an exclusive subscriber-only eBook compiling six stories on how militaries are using AI models for decision-making, including generative AI for spying, AI chatbots for t…
SpaceX briefly surpassed Amazon to become the fifth-most valuable company in the world, with its valuation spiking to $2.9 trillion before settling back down. The surge followed news of its acquisitio…
SpaceX announced a $60 billion stock deal to acquire AI coding startup Cursor, raising uncertainty for CIOs and developers. Analysts are divided on whether the acquisition will benefit Cursor's custom…
Anthropic faces a developer and researcher exodus after refusing to grant the US government access to its AI models for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, leading to contract terminations and a…
XAI launched a plugin marketplace for Grok Build on June 11, featuring six partners including MongoDB, Vercel, and Sentry. The plugins bundle MCP servers, slash commands, agents, and LSP configuration…
The Department of Defense has deployed generative AI through its GenAI.mil platform to draft congressional reports, reducing staff time from 200 hours to five hours per report. Pentagon CTO Emil Micha…
The Department of Justice and Mississippi moved to intervene in an NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI over alleged unlawful operation of methane gas turbines near Memphis, arguing that xAI's AI mod…
Tech CEOs including Microsoft AI's Mustafa Suleyman and Nvidia's Jensen Huang have shifted their public messaging on AI from warning of job replacement to emphasizing augmentation and collaboration, d…
SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the maker of AI coding tool Cursor, in a stock deal valuing the startup at $60 billion. The acquisition, disclosed in a regulatory filing, will make Anysphere a…
SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding company Cursor's parent Anysphere for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, expected to close in Q3 2026 pending regulatory approvals. The deal follows an Apr…