xAI and SpaceX Merge, Grok 3 Launched Amidst Key Departures

xAI and SpaceX have recently announced their merger, a major strategic move aimed at creating space-based data centers. This integration combines SpaceX's industry-leading launch systems and Starlink's global satellite constellation with xAI's advanced artificial intelligence models to advance space-based AI. (BusinessWire, Sidsaladi)

Alongside this restructuring, xAI unveiled Grok 3, its latest AI model, along with updates to its iOS and web apps. However, this period of change has also seen the departure of half of xAI's founding team and six other AI researchers. (Facebook, Fortune)