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1. xAI's Imagine Image 2.0 lands just behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2 in Arena benchmarks

   The Decoder · 2026-08-08

   xAI has released Imagine Image 2.0 as a new image generator for Grok. The model ranks second in the Arena benchmarks, just behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2.

2. 7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

   WIRED · 2026-08-01

   Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban

3. Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology

   The Guardian AI · 2026-07-30

   First-in-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real people Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the

4. Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content

   The Guardian AI · 2026-07-28

   Jess Asato’s particulars of claim states Grok added explicit sexual material users had not asked for A Labour MP wh

5. Grok Build x MCP: Why xAI’s Coding Agent Becomes More Useful Outside the Codebase

   Towards AI · 2026-07-28

   xAI's Grok Build, a coding agent, has demonstrated an enhanced ability to operate effectively when detached from its direct codebase

6. Musk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse material

   The Guardian AI · 2026-07-16

   Case is one of first brought by an AI company against a user ⁠for allegedly using a tool to generate child abuse material Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup xAI has sued a

7. Musk's Coding Agent Uploaded 27,800x More Data Than the Task Needed — Your Whole Repo, Secrets…

   Towards AI · 2026-07-16

   The model turn needed 192 KB. The storage channel moved 5.10 GiB. That is a 27,800x gap between what xAI’s Grok Build coding agent needed…

8. SpaceXAI Open-Sources Grok Build: The Rust Agent Harness, TUI, and Tool Layer Behind Its Coding CLI

   MarkTechPost · 2026-07-16

   SpaceXAI published the Grok Build source on July 15, 2026. The Apache 2.0 Rust tree covers the agent loop, tool dispatch, the TUI, and the extension system.

9. AI Price War Fractures Single-Vendor Stacks. Chinese APIs Capture 46% of Traffic

   Towards AI · 2026-07-15

   OpenAI dropped three models at once, xAI priced Grok 4.5 at two dollars per million tokens, and systems architects are actively building…

10. xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’

    The Verge · 2026-07-15

    The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company's Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

11. SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage

    The Verge · 2026-07-14

    SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off.

12. OpenAI’s Feud With xAI Carries On as Apple Secrets Fight Revs Up

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-14

    OpenAI asked a judge to find that a lawsuit filed by xAI Corp. accusing the ChatGPT maker of trade secret theft “should never have been filed” and seeks to recoup more than $1

13. OpenAI, Meta, SpaceXAI Compete for More Cost-Efficient AI Models

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-12

    Three prominent artificial intelligence developers released new models over the past week.

14. Grok 4.5 Didn't Win a Single Benchmark — Then Undercut Opus by 17x on Cost Per Task

    Towards AI · 2026-07-10

    SpaceXAI’s new model finished behind Fable 5, GPT-5.5, and Opus 4.8 on the leaderboard. Then I ran the cost math and it resolved the same…

15. SpaceXAI Releases Grok 4.5, a Cursor-Trained Model for Coding, Agentic Tasks, and Knowledge Work at $2/M Input

    MarkTechPost · 2026-07-08

    SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, a Cursor-trained model for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work.

16. SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-08

    Elon Musk's tech company released the newest version of Grok on Wednesday, promising a cheaper, more efficient alternative to other powerful AI models.

17. Grok 4.5 is so cheap compared to Fable 5 and GPT 5.5 that benchmark gaps may not matter much

    The Decoder · 2026-07-09

    xAI releases Grok 4.5, trained on tens of thousands of Nvidia GB300 GPUs. In coding benchmarks, the model trails Fable 5 and GPT-5.5 but needs 4.2 times fewer tokens than Opus 4.8.

18. Lerer Hippeau Seeing Second Generation of AI Startups

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-08

    AI is dominating venture capital, with OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI attracting a huge share of global funding.

19. SpaceXAI, Cursor Unveil Grok AI Model for Coding, Finance Tasks

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-08

    SpaceXAI has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model built in partnership with AI coding startup Cursor that’s meant to be more adept at finance, legal and coding tasks

20. Report suggests SpaceX is testing a handheld AI device, Musk says it's 'utterly false'

    Engadget · 2026-07-01

    A rumored SpaceX device could offer a way to access xAI's models without having to use a smartphone.

21. Meta follows SpaceX's playbook and builds a cloud business to sell its spare AI compute to outside customers

    The Decoder · 2026-07-01

    Meta is building its own cloud business to sell spare AI compute to outside customers.

22. Grok AI is reportedly a porn platform now, with over half its traffic tied to adult content

    The Decoder · 2026-06-25

    Two former xAI employees estimate that porn accounts for well over half of all Grok traffic. xAI is leaning into it, while OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google won't touch adult content.

23. Codex vs Cursor: The Future of AI Coding Assistants

    Towards AI · 2026-06-23

    OpenAI Faces Rising Pressure from Meta AI, xAI, China, and Anthropic’s Enterprise MomentumContinue reading on Towards AI »

24. xAI Launches /goal in Grok Build, Adding Long-Running Autonomous Execution With Built-In Verification for Multi-Step Coding Tasks

    MarkTechPost · 2026-06-22

    xAI introduced /goal in Grok Build, a mode for long-running, autonomous task execution.

25. Codex, Cursor and the Great Beyond

    AI Supremacy · 2026-06-17

    OpenAI will be put under pressure by Meta AI, SpaceXAI and China - not just Anthropic's Enterprise AI momentum.

26. Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit

    The Guardian AI · 2026-06-16

    Justice department urges judge to throw out suit brought by NAACP over xAI’s methane-gas turbines in Mississippi The Trump administration is coming to the defense of Elon Musk in a

27. DOJ invokes national security to defend xAI's unpermitted gas turbines in NAACP lawsuit

    The Decoder · 2026-06-16

    US Justice Department calls xAI's chatbot Grok essential to military operations, defending its controversial gas turbines.

28. xAI's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets has been thrown out

    Engadget · 2026-06-15

    A federal judge decided to dismiss an xAI lawsuit against OpenAI with prejudice.

29. xAI Couldn't Beat Claude Code's Plugins, So Grok Swallowed Them — 224,691-Star Superpowers Included

    Towards AI · 2026-06-13

    On Wednesday June 11, xAI launched the Grok Build Plugin Marketplace — a built-in catalog of exactly 6 plugins for its terminal coding…

30. Gopuff Chose xAI For Cost and Quality, Says Co-CEO

    Bloomberg · 2026-06-11

    As SpaceXAI heads toward its IPO, investors are betting on more than rockets and chatbots: the company says enterprise AI represents a $26 trillion opportunity.

31. Former xAI Staffer Says He Was Fired for Questioning Grok Safety

    Bloomberg · 2026-06-11

    A former artificial intelligence engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI is suing the company, alleging that he was wrongfully fired for raising concerns about the safety of the firm’s Grok

32. xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims

    TechCrunch · 2026-06-10

    A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.

33. XAI Co-Founder Babuschkin Unveils New Startup for Personalized AI

    Bloomberg · 2026-06-10

    A team of former employees from Elon Musk’s xAI have formed a new startup focused on personalized artificial intelligence

34. Musk’s xAI Taps Starlink Staffer to Run Grok Training Team

    Bloomberg · 2026-06-09

    Elon Musk’s xAI has brought over an executive from SpaceX’s Starlink satellite-internet service to run the team that trains its Grok chatbot

35. Elon Musk's xAI reportedly trained its coding models on Claude outputs for months before getting cut off

    The Decoder · 2026-06-06

    Elon Musk's xAI used Anthropic's Claude to train its own coding models for months and kept going even after Anthropic cut off access

36. New claimants seek to sue Elon Musk’s xAI after Labour MP’s test case

    The Guardian AI · 2026-06-05

    Jess Asato’s lawyer says others want to take action over demeaning sexualised material created by Grok AI tool New claimants have come forward to take legal action against Elon

37. xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity

    WIRED · 2026-06-03

    Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.

38. Musk’s xAI Pauses Hiring for Specialists to Train Grok Chatbot

    Bloomberg · 2026-06-03

    Elon Musk’s xAI has paused hiring for professionals to train its Grok chatbot on a range of specialized skills, according to people with knowledge of the matter

39. How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-28

    Elon Musk is publicly reframing xAI’s massive Anthropic compute deal as short-term and cancellable, despite SpaceX’s own S-1 filing describing payments through .

40. Musk’s xAI Warns Staffers to Limit Contact With Cursor Employees

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-26

    Employees at Elon Musk’s xAI were warned by the company’s top lawyer to carefully moderate their interactions with workers from Cursor