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Elon Musk has committed SpaceX to an exclusive, long-term partnership with Nvidia for all AI and computing infrastructure. This strategy delivers performance gains for Starship, Starlink, and autonomy work but creates substantial financial dependency, high power costs, and vendor lock-in through CUDA optimization. The decision balances immediate advantages against significant future expenses.
As authorities are inundated with reports of AI-generated child pornography, victims face a dearth of protections and uncertain justice.
A federal judge refused Friday to block Minnesota's law banning sexually explicit AI deepfakes, dealing a setback to tech tycoon Elon Musk's company SpaceXAI, even as the Trump administration's Justice Department weighed in on Musk's side. According to Politico, U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank ruled that SpaceXAI, formerly known as xAI and the operator of both X and the Grok AI chatbot, simply waited too long to ask for emergency relief. The company sat on the issue for three months before suing just three days before Minnesota's law took effect on August 1, and Frank said any harm to the company's business can still be addressed later if it ultimately proves the law violates the First Amendment. The judge made clear the state's interest in curbing AI-generated nonconsensual porn and child sexual abuse material far outweighs any burden on SpaceXAI. "The State has enacted, democratically and nearly unanimously, a civil statute aimed at protecting the public from the undisputed harm stemming from AI-nudification technology and the resulting proliferation of photorealistic sexualized images," Frank wrote. "And when comparing the interests of the State with any potential harm to xAI, the Court finds without hesitation that the balance of the equities weighs heavily in favor of the State." Grok already faces a wave of separate lawsuits tied to its creation of sexualized images, and has come under public criticism for a series of botched efforts to make it push right-wing propaganda, including one in which it proclaimed itself " MechaHitler ." SpaceXAI has argued the Minnesota law's fines, which can reach $500,000 per violation, threaten to cost the company both revenue and users through heightened content moderation demands. Notably, the Justice Department filed its own statement of interest largely backing SpaceXAI's free speech arguments, leaning on an executive order from President Trump aimed at restricting state-level AI regulations. The clash sets up a broader First Amendment fight over Minnesota's law, with Frank still left to rule on SpaceXAI's central free speech claims as the underlying case moves forward. SpaceXAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Musk, a close ally of Trump, is reportedly facing a damaging new expose that could drop soon.
A federal judge has again denied an attempt by Elon Musk's xAI company to stop Minnesota from enforcing a statewide ban on technology used to "nudify" photos or videos. The post Federal judge again rules against Musk’s xAI, allowing Minnesota ‘nudification’ ban to continue first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .
Elon Musk recently said he thinks SpaceX could be booking multitrillion-dollar annual revenues by the next decade.
A viral post claims Uday Ruddarraju's rise from a non-IIT Hyderabad college to OpenAI CTO proves you need to leave India to succeed. Here's his real career story.
Nvidia's growth is faster than AMD's despite its size.
OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access to OpenAI The post SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access appeared first on The New Stack .
OpenAI will end direct model access for Cursor on Nov. 12 after SpaceX's $60B acquisition of the AI coding tool's parent company. Citing Musk companies' past contract violations, the move highlights deepening tensions and forces developers to adapt to a multi-model future.
MoonPay embedded its PayBox vault into X's Grok, letting users buy crypto, swap tokens or lend USDC on Solana without leaving the chat. Grok prepares the transaction; the user approves with a passkey. The move caps MoonPay's rollout across major AI assistants and signals the arrival of practical agentic finance.
Artificial intelligence firms OpenAI and Starshield AI are bringing highly secure versions of their popular commercial AI assistant tools to the Defense Department's bespoke AI platform, the Pentagon announced today. ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government will function similarly to their commercial counterparts, but both are verified to handle data containing controlled unclassified information at high military security levels -- called Impact Level 5. OpenAI and the department struck a deal at the beginning of this year to integrate ChatGPT into the military generative AI platform. "ChatGPT Mil brings a familiar commercial experience into the department's secure environment, tailored to warfighter needs," DOD said. The Pentagon made an agreement with xAI at the end of last year to integrate the firm's AI capabilities on the military platform, as well. Earlier this year, owner Elon Musk combined his xAI and SpaceX businesses and their subsidiaries under one umbrella. Grok for Government's deployment will allow for advanced capabilities, while ChatGPT Mil will help automate and streamline document-heavy administrative tasks. "By bringing Starshield AI's Grok to GenAI.mil, Department personnel will gain access to advanced capabilities," DOD said. "Including deep-thinking inference, adaptive reasoning modes (Auto, Fast, and Expert), customizable workspaces, persistent projects and reusable 'playbooks' that capture and scale institutional knowledge." ChatGPT Mil, DOD said, will accelerate routine tasks for more than 3 million Pentagon personnel and free up time for "more critical projects" across the Joint Force.
Elon Musk tells The Economist AI will bring abundance for all despite real risks. Here's his verdict on killer AI, human intelligence and humanity's future.
Elon Musk has promised that before the year is out, his AI tool Grok Imagine will produce a full-length film of Homer’s Odyssey that is, in his words, “historically accurate and true to the art of Homer”.
Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human control within a decade, balancing warnings of existential risk with optimism for economic abundance, reflecting a shift in his stance on AI's future.
Elon Musk is facing backlash after another swipe at Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey.'
Elon Musk's xAI relies on dozens of natural gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus AI supercomputers in Tennessee, bypassing initial federal permits and sparking lawsuits over pollution in Black communities. Recent Reuters and CNBC reports detail 59 units and 1.2 GW capacity amid rapid expansion plans. This shift reveals tensions between AI ambitions and clean energy goals. The approach benefits natural gas infrastructure firms while raising fresh environmental questions.
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The euphoria that followed the stock market debut of SpaceX, Elon Musk's aerospace and artificial intelligence giant, has completely deflated. The company, which staged the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history on June 12, has seen its value plummet in recent weeks. The IPO price, it should be recalled, was set at $135 per share, and within just a few days, it soared to over $200. However, by Friday, the tech company was trading around $115, leaving all its investors in the red.
Catch up on AI: Delhi court backs OpenAI training, OpenAI launches Presence and Health, Google debuts Gemini cyber tools, and Grok hits Excel.
Elon Musk has quietly bought APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based company that operates a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines totaling more than 1 GW of generation capacity. The self-styled champion of a “solar electric economy” now owns a fossil fuel power company — and he’s buying it to feed the electricity-hungry data centers running xAI’s Grok.
Abror Shuhratov reports: xAI, the company founded by Elon Musk, has announced emergency measures following a serious controversy involving the unauthorized uploading of users’ private code and confidential information to a server via the Grok Build CLI tool. The company’s head stated that, for security reasons, all previously uploaded user data will be permanently deleted. This decision... Source
A security researcher published a wire-level analysis on July 12 proving that xAI’s Grok Build coding CLI was packaging developers’ entire tracked repositories, including full Git history, committed secrets, and API keys, and sending them to a Google Cloud Storage bucket. The upload volume was roughly 27,800 times greater than the data the coding task [...] This story continues at The Next Web
Grok, the AI from xAI, now offers a translation feature that converts standard text into deliberately crude, profane, or slang-filled versions, reflecting the company’s anti-censorship philosophy. While useful for creative writing and linguistic experimentation, it also risks enabling harassment and toxicity. This capability highlights ongoing debates about AI guardrails, user responsibility, and content moderation.
After a sky-high debut, SpaceX stock has come back to Earth and is hovering near its IPO price. Should investors buy the dip or stay on the sidelines?
xAI's Grok Build is under scrutiny after researchers claimed it uploaded entire Git repositories to cloud storage. Here's what the investigation found.
Security researcher finds xAI's Grok Build CLI uploaded .env secrets and full Git repositories to the cloud.
Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk's former partner, expressed regret for her past anti-trans activism and distanced herself from MAGA politics, citing family dynamics and personal growth.
Grok Build CLI uploaded entire developer Git repositories — committed secrets included — to a Google Cloud Storage bucket without disclosure. The privacy toggle had no effect on the upload; xAI responded via social media rather than a formal security advisory, and has not published a timeline for deleting already-captured codebases.
SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 model for coding, agentic tasks
July 8 : SpaceXAI on Wednesday launched the Grok 4.5 AI model, calling it the company's most intelligent offering to date designed for coding and agentic tasks. Here are some details:• SpaceXAI said Grok 4.5 was trained across tens of thousands of Nvidia GB300 graphics processing units, with a focus
July 8 (Reuters) - SpaceXAI on Wednesday launched the Grok 4.5 AI model, calling it the company's most intelligent offering to date designed for coding and a...
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Tesla confirmed it is building a feature that lets you teach your car where to go. The post Tesla FSD is about to know your specific house and neighborhood better than any map appeared first on TESLARATI .
Elon Musk’s rebranded AI unit SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5 on Tuesday – the first model developed jointly with the coding startup Cursor. It is not yet available in the EU. SpaceXAI, the AI division that emerged from the former xAI, unveiled its most capable model to date on 8 July 2026: Grok 4.5. It is [...] Der Beitrag SpaceXAI and Cursor Launch Grok 4.5 – Not Yet in the EU erschien zuerst auf Trending Topics .
SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that Grok 4.5 will be released publicly on Thursday, posting on X, “Based The post “Opus-class, but faster”: What Elon Musk says about beating Anthropic appeared first on The New Stack .
SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.5, its most capable model yet. It is the company’s first release since going public and buying the AI coding startup Cursor. This is the joint model the two firms had raced to ship. Elon Musk aimed it squarely at coding and agentic work, not casual chat. “It is an Opus-class [...] This story continues at The Next Web
SpaceX has received an "F" rating in the latest AI safety index published by the Future of Life Institute.
For years, there have been images and videos across social media platforms that have reminded me of when I was a 15-year-old kid teased by “Xbox 720” videos on YouTube. These videos are of the supposed “Tesla Phone” that Elon Musk was secretly developing in between leading Tesla with its electric cars and SpaceX with [...] The post Tesla Phone? Not quite, but close: analyst appeared first on TESLARATI .
SpaceX shares rise as the company prepares for rapid inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 index, following a volatile post-IPO period. Investors anticipate increased demand from index funds.
Shares of advanced battery materials developer Solidion Technology STI swung sharply on Monday after the company announced plans to acquire a stake in SpaceX as a long-term treasury asset. It became the latest listed firm seeking exposure to Elon Musk's aerospace company through its balance sheet. Solidion's stock jumped more than 23% at one point, during premarket trading, before reversing course. At the time of writing, the shares were down about 1.5%. The announcement follows a similar move last week by Triller Group, suggesting that corporate treasury allocations to SpaceX are emerging as a new investment theme following the rocket company's recent public listing. Treasury allocation tied to long-term strategy Solidion said the initial investment would account for a "modest"...
Elon Musk said that SpaceX had deployed "a few dozen" top Starlink and Starship engineers and Cursor staff to work on the AI model.
Elon Musk said that SpaceX had deployed "a few dozen" top Starlink and Starship engineers and Cursor staff to work on the AI model.
Elon Musk marked his 55th birthday by announcing an ambitious plan for his AI company, xAI, which aims to launch new foundation models monthly for the remainder of the year.
SpaceX's revenue is set to double by the end of the year thanks to a booming data center business.
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son plans massive data center expansion and space-based tech integration to power advanced AI, targeting major operational milestones by 2026. He draws parallels with Elon Musk’s ambitions while committing tens of billions of dollars to overcome infrastructure bottlenecks. The strategy positions SoftBank at the center of the AI race.