SpaceX acquires xAI; sources say the all-stock deal values the combined company at $1.25T, with SpaceX valued at $1T and xAI at $250B; xAI burns ~$1B per month
Elon Musk's SpaceX has acquired xAI, in a deal that encompasses the billionaire's increasingly costly ambitions to dominate artificial intelligence and space exploration.
The US EPA rules that xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 1 and Colossus 2 data centers in the Memphis area
Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities
Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery
I suppose a subscription CSAM app might be the way MECHAHITLER manages to make money …Matthew Broersma /Silicon UK:EU Extends X Retention Order Over Sexualised ImagesThe Guardian:T...
Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
The UK government says X restricting Grok's image creation to paid users is insulting as it just makes the ability to generate unlawful images a premium service
Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate unlawful images a premium service. www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...@jf2u:So... in moving ...
Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
X is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok command for free users, but they can still create sexual deepfakes via X's “Edit image” or Grok's app
X's sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
xAI's Grok says “lapses in safeguards” led it to create sexualized images of people, including minors, in response to X user prompts; X took some images down
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has created sexualized images of people including minors …
Analysis: of the 8,808 global data centers in October 2025, ~7,000 are in areas outside the optimal 18C to 27C temperature range; 600 are in areas above 27C
In 21 countries, all data centers are located in climates that are too hot. — On paper, Singapore is a terrible location for a data center.
Ford plans to repurpose its Kentucky factory manufacturing capacity to launch a battery storage business for data centers, amid its shift from making large EVs
now it's pivoting to hybrids and energy storage X: Erik Grossman / @erikgrossman : Cool to share what I've been working on. Ford is getting into energy storage in a big way Lucas A...
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligir...
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligir...
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt …
An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking
Product chief Nikita Bier on journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.” Also: Fidji Simo on OpenAI's Code Red, and a new episode of ACCESS. X: @ashleymayer . Bluesky: @f...
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt …
Chinese toymaker FoloToy suspends sales of its GPT-4o-powered teddy bear, after researchers found the toy gave kids harmful responses, like about fire and kinks
Shot: www.techmeme.com/060618/p18#a... Chaser: www.techmeme.com/251117/p5#a2... [embedded post] Chris Baraniuk / @chrisbaraniuk.com : “the cuddly companion was giving [...] tips ...