Elon Musk denied reports that xAI raised an extra $15 billion, after claims surfaced suggesting the company had secured new funding. The rumour spread through media outlets, but Musk said it was false and gave no further details.

Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued OpenAI, claiming it stole trade secrets by poaching engineers and taking confidential code and techniques. xAI is seeking damages and orders to remove the stolen materials, while the case highlights a legal battle over employee recruitment and intellectual property.

Elon Musk’s companies have sued Apple and OpenAI, claiming their deal to put ChatGPT on iPhones blocks rivals like xAI’s Grok. The case argues Apple and OpenAI are using their market power to limit competition in AI and smartphones.

Elon Musk has accused Apple of favouring OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the App Store, claiming this blocks his AI app, Grok, from reaching the top spot. Apple denies any bias, while Sam Altman fired back at Musk’s claims, leading to a public clash between the two tech figures.

OpenAI has hired four senior engineers from Tesla, xAI, X, and Meta to strengthen its AI infrastructure team. This move highlights the fierce competition between major tech firms to secure top talent in the race to build advanced AI systems.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI is being accused of environmental racism, after its data centre was caught violating the Clean Air Act.

xAI faces legal pressure over its use of gas turbines at its Memphis AI hub, highlighting growing concerns over the environmental and health impacts of Big Tech’s race to scale computing power.

Pavel Durov announced a one-year Grok AI partnership with Telegram, sending Toncoin surging but Elon Musk publicly refuted the claim, stating no such deal had been made. Now, the crypto community is left wondering: was it premature or pure fiction?

OpenAI has scrapped its for-profit conversion plans and will stay under nonprofit control, restructuring its for-profit arm as a public benefit corporation with uncapped investor returns.

OpenAI has added new search tools to ChatGPT, including an ad-free shopping feature that detects buying intent. With real-time search topping 1 billion queries, the move ramps up pressure on Google. Other updates include improved citations, autocomplete, trending searches, and WhatsApp integration.