Grok
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AI Coding Tools
Cursor joins SpaceX, trading independence for the world's largest GPU fleet
SpaceX now owns Cursor, capping a process that began in April with the Cursor-SpaceXAI partnership. The prize, according to the announcement, is the world's largest GPU fleet and the stronger, cheaper models it should enable. Grok 4.6 is the first result.
2026-08-22
Defense has become AI's new growth market
Inside xAI's pivot from chatbot to defense partner
xAI's Grok is no longer just a witty chatbot. After being acquired by SpaceX, the company has inked deals with the Pentagon and authoritarian governments, integrated into Microsoft Office, and raised billions from top investors. Here's how the AI startup became a defense contractor overnight.
2026-08-09
Artificial Intelligence
Musk's 'accurate' AI meme gets the past right and the present wrong
Musk reposted a meme splitting AI into a noble theoretical era and a brainlet scaling era. Both halves are real history, but the binary is collapsing: kernels returned as engineering, small models rival scale, and DeepMind is rebuilding rigor for deep learning.
2026-08-03
Automated persistence
Grok now does your chores on a schedule, and email triggers are the real news
Grok now runs scheduled and email-triggered tasks without supervision. Users describe a task once, set a trigger, and Grok executes full conversations. Email triggers are a SuperGrok feature.
2026-07-21
Artificial Intelligence
Grok just assembled the most complete AI assistant, and you probably haven't noticed
Grok expanded from an X chatbot into a multi-modal AI assistant with live search, voice, image and video generation, and a unique multi-agent reasoning mode. With a generous free tier and fast iteration, xAI may be building the most complete consumer AI platform without most people noticing.
2026-07-15