Elon Musk told investors during SpaceX's third-quarter earnings call that he supports merging SpaceX and Tesla, though he said the decision ultimately rests with shareholders. He confirmed that both companies have formed special committees of independent directors to discuss the idea, but no agreement on merger terms has been reached. Musk noted he is excluded from those committee discussions due to his conflict of interest as head of both firms.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-20
SpaceX has agreed to appear before the New York City Council's tech committee on Friday as part of an investigation into AI safety risks, after initially skipping an Oct. 5 hearing attended by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta. Council Speaker Julie Menin had issued a subpoena to Elon Musk and SpaceX's AI unit, and warned the company she would seek judicial enforcement before SpaceX agreed to comply two days later.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-13
xAI's Grok chatbot remains available at no cost through its web and mobile apps, covering basic chat, voice interaction, and limited web and X search. However, usage caps restrict heavy use, and the most advanced models plus image and video generation tools are reserved for paid subscribers.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-11
At the International Astronautical Congress in Turkey, SpaceX Starlink VP and xAI president Michael Nicolls called for satellite operators to exchange more information on spacecraft locations and trajectories to avoid collisions. Starlink now operates over 11,000 satellites, roughly two-thirds of all active spacecraft in low-Earth orbit, with Amazon, China and SpaceX's planned Starmind constellation adding thousands more in coming years.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-08
SpaceX is exploring a potential $40 billion financing package to purchase Nvidia AI processors, aiming to boost its computing infrastructure. The funding would likely include $10 billion in bank loans and $30 billion in investment-grade debt, with a possible completion date in 2027. If successful, xAI could acquire around 5,000 Nvidia Rubin systems, containing approximately 360,000 AI accelerators, significantly expanding its AI capabilities.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-08
xAI has released Grok for Intune, a standalone version of its Grok AI assistant app designed for organizations using Microsoft Intune to manage devices. The app supports Intune Mobile Application Management, enforces company app protection policies, and requires sign-in with a work email. It is now available on the App Store and includes Grok's standard features like chat, image and video generation, voice mode, and live camera analysis.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-01
SpaceXAI's Grokipedia, an AI-generated rival to Wikipedia, released a v0.3 update that overhauls its homepage with featured and most-read article sections, a redesigned live edits tracker, and a new logo. Article pages also received minor formatting tweaks, including cleaner fact tables and tighter text spacing. The update follows a period in which the site reportedly made no content changes for months after its late-October 2025 launch.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-30
The Trump administration unveiled America.gov, a free chatbot meant to consolidate roughly 29,000 government websites into a single tool answering questions about tasks like applying for a passport, registering to vote, or tracking a tax refund. The bot, powered by Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok, currently only provides guidance and directs users to relevant forms and sites rather than processing personal information, though officials say it will handle form submissions and applications like Medicare enrollment next year. Users quickly tested the chatbot and found it gave answers—such as confirming Joe Biden won the 2020 election and that climate change is real—that contradict statements made by Trump and his administration.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-30
OpenAI launched a new AI agent called Dots on Tuesday, featuring a colorful blob-like avatar. Social media users quickly noticed that the domain 'dot.com' is owned by Elon Musk's xAI and redirects visitors to the download page for its Grok chatbot app, with Whois records showing the domain was transferred in July. OpenAI has not commented, and xAI has not responded to requests for clarification on why it acquired the domain.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-29
xAI's Grokipedia, an AI-generated encyclopedia, has begun updating and fact-checking articles again after reportedly stalling since April. The Verge found recent 'fact-checked by Grok' timestamps on pages like Barack Obama and Elon Musk, though other entries such as Honolulu still show scans from months ago. The site also appears to be processing user-submitted edit suggestions, including one about a video game release date that was accepted within minutes.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-29
The New York City Council issued a subpoena to Elon Musk demanding testimony from him or another SpaceXAI representative at an Oct. 5 hearing before all 51 council members. The probe examines whether AI poses risks to public safety, cybersecurity, privacy and economic stability, following lawsuits alleging Grok was used to generate non-consensual deepfake pornography, including images of minors.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-28
Following a former Anthropic researcher's warning that unchecked AI could pose an existential threat by 2030, executives at major AI labs including OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI called for outside governance of frontier model development. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed the concerns as fabricated, Chinese officials labeled them fearmongering, and President Trump downplayed the need for a slowdown while suggesting China should restrain its own AI progress. The UK's King Charles has also scheduled talks with AI leaders to discuss safer development paths.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-15
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