Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps

Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward.

Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environmen…

SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year

SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI’s Colossus data centers, but it won’t remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.

The chips that wire GPUs together are the new prize. Xsight raised $300m to sell an open one.
The chips that wire GPUs together are the new prize. Xsight raised $300m to sell an open one.

The AI boom made GPUs famous. The dull chips that wire thousands of those GPUs together are quietly becoming just as valuable. Xsight Labs, an Israeli chipmaker, has raised more than $300 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, it said on Thursday. Fideli…

Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger

Tesla had already reportedly prepped for the idea in the event that Beijing invades Taiwan.

Tesla weighs selling China business to clear path for SpaceX merger
Tesla weighs selling China business to clear path for SpaceX merger

Tesla is looking at cutting loose its China business to clear a path toward a merger with SpaceX, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.
If true, it would be a massive deal in the auto industry. Tesla’s Shanghai factory builds more than half of…

xAI says the First Amendment protects the right to build ‘nudify’ tools
xAI says the First Amendment protects the right to build ‘nudify’ tools

xAI has a novel argument for why it should get to keep building tools that digitally undress people. The First Amendment. Elon Musk’s AI company, now owned by SpaceX, sued Minnesota’s attorney general on Monday, CBS News first reported. It wants a fede…

Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why
Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why

Cursor has cut the price of AI coding in India to about $7 a month. The interesting part is how it can afford to. The startup launched Cursor Start on Monday, a ₹649 plan sold only in India, TechCrunch reported. It sits well below the $20 Pro subscript…

AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous
AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous

It’s earnings season, and investors got an unpleasant surprise from Google: an increase on its spending estimate, to as much as $205 billion – from the last quarter’s projection of up to $190 billion. Even the lower end of Google’s new projected range – $195 billion – is much more than the company had previously […]

Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing

Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.