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Lawsuit alleges Grok generated 7,000 CSAM images of 11-year-old girl
Amended class action accuses xAI of obstructing police probes into Grok-generated child sex images; Stability AI added as co-defendant.
xAI releases Grok 4.5, priced at less than half of Claude Opus 4.7
Elon Musk calls the new model Opus-class but faster and cheaper, at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output.
Cursor's $60B SpaceX deal puts its OpenAI and Anthropic ties in doubt
Cursor wants to keep serving rival models after the acquisition closes, but its two biggest suppliers now have to sell through Elon Musk.
SpaceX shows investors a handset-like AI device prototype
The device reportedly runs on a proprietary OS with xAI integration, pitching Musk into the same hardware race as OpenAI and Jony Ive.
Masayoshi Son questions Musk's orbital data center pitch
SoftBank's CEO says space-based compute won't arrive in time for the AI race that matters — the next few years, not the next decade.
DOJ moves to dismiss NAACP Clean Air Act suit over xAI's Memphis turbines
Justice Department says shutting down 57 unpermitted gas turbines powering Grok would threaten Pentagon operations and AI innovation.
DOJ calls xAI's 57 Memphis gas turbines a national security asset
Justice Department says shutting down xAI's unpermitted turbines would cripple AI that backs US military operations, including strikes in Iran.
SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after record IPO
The all-stock deal closes a path Musk laid out in April, when SpaceX agreed to buy Cursor or pay a $10B break-up fee.
DOJ backs xAI in NAACP suit, calling Grok 'vital' to military operations
Justice Department says shutting xAI's unpermitted gas turbines at Colossus 2 would threaten Iran strike operations and national security.
Grok still hosting sexualized deepfakes of celebrities and a US lawmaker
A WIRED review found dozens of nonconsensual explicit images on Grok.com days before SpaceX's IPO, despite xAI's January safeguard pledges.
S&P 500 refuses to bend rules for SpaceX, blocking OpenAI and Anthropic too
S&P Dow Jones Indices kept its profitability and seasoning rules intact, denying $14B in passive buying to SpaceX and shutting the door on AI IPOs.
Musk petitions FTC to end X privacy order running through 2042
X argues the 20-year monitoring deal is obsolete after merging into xAI and SpaceX; public commenters are urging the FTC to refuse.
xAI moves to unmask Grok deepfake plaintiffs in California federal court
Four pseudonymous claimants say revealing their names would invite doxing; xAI argues the case lacks the privacy interests that justify anonymity.
Trump cancels AI testing executive order after CEOs decline Oval Office event
The order would have required government security testing up to 90 days before frontier model releases.
SpaceX pitches $26.5T AI market as Grok lags OpenAI and Anthropic
The company's IPO filing projects orbital data centers while Grok holds 0.174% paid consumer share.
SpaceX commits $2.8B to gas turbines for xAI data centers as IPO filing reveals energy bet
The investment covers turbines through 2029 as xAI faces lawsuits over unpermitted generators at Colossus 2.
xAI burned $6.4B in 2025 as SpaceX IPO filing reveals widening losses
Musk's AI unit lost twice its revenue last year; capex hit a $30.8B annualized run rate in Q1 2026.
Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute through May 2029
The deal secures 300 megawatts from xAI's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, potentially $40B in total revenue.
xAI commits $2.8B to turbine purchases as NAACP lawsuit challenges Memphis generators
SpaceX's IPO filing reveals xAI will buy $2B in mobile gas turbines—the same kind it's being sued over in Tennessee.
OpenAI targets September IPO, may file paperwork within weeks
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are prepping the offering as the Musk lawsuit clears.
Former OpenAI staffers warn xAI safety record could complicate SpaceX IPO
A new watchdog group says xAI's safety incidents are disproportionate to its market share and should trigger investor disclosures.
Elon Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit on statute of limitations ruling
A jury found Musk should have sued by 2021, three years before he filed — the case never reached the merits.
Jury dismisses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman as untimely
The verdict ends a 3-week trial over Musk's claims that Altman betrayed OpenAI's nonprofit mission.
Musk v. Altman trial closes with $134B at stake and an OpenAI IPO in the balance
Closing arguments wrapped in Oakland as Musk seeks to unwind OpenAI's 2025 restructuring; the jury begins deliberating Monday.
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