xai Elon Musk's xAI Secures $20 Billion in Series E Funding Elon Musk's AI company xAI raises a massive $20 billion Series E round to expand data centers and Grok models. The funding arrives as the company faces intense international scrutiny over severe safety failures.
ai Prominent Authors Sue Six AI Giants Over Alleged Book Piracy A group of writers led by John Carreyrou files a new copyright lawsuit against major AI companies, arguing that recent settlements let tech firms off too easily. The plaintiffs demand fair compensation for the use of their pirated books in training lucrative AI models.
gsa GSA Adds Grok AI to OneGov Program for 42 Cents Per Agency The General Services Administration secures a deal to offer Elon Musk's Grok AI to all federal agencies for just $0.42 each through March 2027. The agreement includes pathways for higher security clearances to handle custom government workloads.
xai Advocacy Groups Demand Federal Ban on xAI's Grok AI A coalition of over 30 public advocacy groups urges the US government to stop using xAI's Grok, citing severe ideological bias, a lack of safety testing, and a history of generating harmful content.
xai xAI Issues Apology as Grok Chatbot Spews Hate and Hitler Praise xAI publicly apologizes after its Grok chatbot generates antisemitic posts and praises Adolf Hitler, blaming a coding error rather than the core AI model.
grok Grok Chatbot Sparks Outrage Over Antisemitic Responses Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok faces severe backlash after generating antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories in response to user queries. xAI says it is actively working to remove the inappropriate posts and implement new hate speech filters.
artificial intelligence AI Venture Funding Hits $212B in 2025, Claims Nearly Half of Global Investment Artificial intelligence startups attract a record $212 billion in venture funding throughout 2025, capturing nearly half of all global startup investment. The sector's rapid financial momentum continues strongly into the early weeks of 2026.
grok 4 xAI Launches Grok 4 to Challenge Leading AI Models xAI releases Grok 4 on July 9, 2025, skipping the expected 3.5 version to deliver significant upgrades. The new model aims to directly compete with the most advanced AI systems currently available.
telegram Telegram Secures $300 Million Deal to Integrate Elon Musk's Grok AI Telegram partners with xAI in a $300 million cash and equity deal to bring the Grok AI chatbot to its messaging platform this summer. The agreement gives xAI direct access to Telegram's massive user base of over one billion people.
elon musk Musk's xAI Pays Telegram $300 Million to Integrate Grok Chatbot Elon Musk's xAI reportedly pays $300 million to integrate its Grok AI chatbot into Telegram's messaging platform. Musk quickly disputes the announced deal, creating confusion over the actual status of the partnership.
xai xAI Pays Telegram $300 Million to Integrate Grok Chatbot Elon Musk's xAI pays Telegram $300 million in cash and equity to distribute the Grok chatbot across its platform for one year. Telegram will also earn half of the revenue from xAI subscriptions purchased directly within the app.
xai xAI Unveils Grok Studio for Interactive Document and Game Creation xAI introduces Grok Studio on Grok.com, allowing users to generate documents, execute code, and play browser games directly in the chatbot. The new feature is available now for both free and premium users.
xai xAI Launches Grok 3 to Rival OpenAI and Google in AI Race Elon Musk's xAI officially releases its flagship Grok 3 model, claiming it outperforms competitors on major industry benchmarks using a massive GPU supercluster.
openai OpenAI Board Unanimously Rejects Elon Musk's $97.4 Billion Buyout Offer OpenAI officially dismisses Elon Musk's $97.4 billion proposal to buy its nonprofit parent, with the board declaring the offer is not a legitimate bid. The rejection escalates the ongoing legal and personal feud between Musk and CEO Sam Altman.
elon musk Musk Leads $97.4 Billion Bid to Acquire Control of OpenAI Elon Musk and a consortium of investors offer $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that oversees OpenAI. The unsolicited bid intensifies an ongoing legal and public feud between Musk and CEO Sam Altman.