
UPI - 46 min 22 sec ago
The Department of Defense has announced contracts with four leading artificial intelligence companies, including Elon Musk's xAI, a week after its Grok chatbot allegedly disseminated racist rhetoric online.

The Guardian - 4 hours 45 min ago
Crew Dragon capsule will parachute into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Tuesday Nasa retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson and three crew mates from India, Poland and Hungary departed the International Space Station early on Monday and embarked on their return flight to Earth. A Crew Dragon capsule carrying the quartet undocked from the orbital laboratory at 7.15am ET, ending the latest ISS visit organized by Texas-based startup Axiom Space in partnership with Elon Musk's...

ABC News - 7 hours 39 min ago
A federal court in Miami began considering Monday whether Elon Musk's car company should share blame for the death of a stargazing university student after a runaway Tesla sent her flying 75 feet through the air and severely injured her boyfriend...

The Hill - 8 hours 32 min ago
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story xAI apologizes for Grok's 'horrific behavior' Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI apologized to users for antisemitic posts authored by its chatbot Grok, pinning the blame on an update after conducting an investigation. Susan Walsh, Associated Press "First off, we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced,"...

Fortune - 8 hours 33 min ago
xAI says that it wants to start servicing federal, local, state, and national security customers.

Fox News - 8 hours 56 min ago
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel slammed Democratic Party leadership as "missing from action" since Trump's election, stating the party has disappointed voters.

Rolling Stone - 9 hours 15 min ago
Meanwhile, the most advanced version of the AI chatbot from Elon Musk's xAI is still identifying as Adolf Hitler...

Inside Evs - 9 hours 31 min ago
Roadster? A coast-to-coast autonomous drive? Hover mode? Tesla is teasing some big dreams, but still hasn't delivered on the last ones.

NBC News - 9 hours 37 min ago
Elon Musk's name loomed large as a jury was selected for the federal trial of a civil lawsuit over a crash of a Tesla Model S that killed a pedestrian.

Los Angeles Times - 10 hours 10 min ago
As Elon Musk contemplates the relationship between several of his companies, he said on social media that Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to invest in xAI.

The Guardian - 10 hours 32 min ago
Defense department also inked contracts with other leading AI firms including Google, Anthropic and OpenAI The week after its Grok chatbot identified itself as "MechaHitler" and generated antisemitic posts, Elon Musk's xAI firm announced a contract with the US Department of Defense worth nearly $200m. The deal is for developing and implementing artificial intelligence tools for the agency. The DoD on Monday also announced similar contracts with $200m ceilings with several other major...

NY Post - 10 hours 44 min ago
Electric car maker Tesla posted a penis-shaped map to describe the scope of its expansion of its Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas.

Black Enterprise - 11 hours 57 min ago
Musk labeled the interview as "invasive and charged."...

NY Post - 12 hours 15 min ago
Elon Musk had high praise for the diner and electric vehicle (EV) charging station that Tesla is creating in Los Angeles.

The Hill - 12 hours 21 min ago
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI has scored a contract for up to $200 million with the Department of Defense alongside three other major tech firms, the Pentagon announced Monday. xAI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI all received contracts with the same ceiling from the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to help boost the...

New York Magazine - 12 hours 22 min ago
The president's vague threats make booting out his political enemies sound easy. Here's what he can actually do.

Jalopnik - 12 hours 22 min ago
The emails include "information that is intimate and embarrassing" and while it's probably not weird sex stuff, we won't know for sure until they get released.

Ars Technica - 13 hours 42 min ago
The governor's office says some emails contain "intimate and embarrassing" information.

Tech Meme - 13 hours 47 min ago
Deborah Sophia / Reuters : The US DOD announces OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI have won DOD contracts, each with a $200M ceiling, aimed at enabling agentic AI workflows and more — OpenAI, Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O), Anthropic and Elon Musk's AI firm xAI have won contracts aimed at scaling up adoption …...

Forbes - 13 hours 55 min ago
Grok, the AI available for public use on the social media platform X, now has a government contract.

Newser - 14 hours 2 min ago
The Pentagon has signed a contract for as much as $200 million to deploy Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, across the Defense Department. The deal represents a major push to bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence into federal government operations. The move was revealed by xAI on Monday...

The Hill - 14 hours 4 min ago
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday he does not support merging his electric vehicle (EV) company with his artificial intelligence (AI) firm, xAI, after the idea was floated last week by a prominent analyst. In response to a user on his social platform X who asked Tesla investors whether they backed a merger, the tech...

Newsweek - 14 hours 25 min ago
The Department of Defense is set to begin using Elon Musk's controversial chatbot Grok, according to a Monday announcement by the tech billionaire's startup xAI.

NY Post - 14 hours 46 min ago
Elon Musk's xAI has apologized for the "horrific" incident in which its Grok chatbot began referring to itself as "MechaHitler" even as the startup reportedly seeks a $200 billion valuation in a new fundraising round.