
Elon Musk's SpaceX has acquired xAI in a record-setting merger valued at $1.25 trillion, aiming to enhance capabilities in building orbital data centers and preparing for a potential IPO.


The Qwen team has launched Qwen3-Coder-Next, an open-weight language model tailored for coding agents and local development, featuring a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture and designed for efficient long coding sessions.



The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an inquiry into Elon Musk’s companies, X and xAI, regarding the Grok AI tool, which has been implicated in generating sexual deepfakes without individuals' consent. The investigation focuses on whether these companies have adhered to GDPR regulations, particularly concerning the management of personal data. The ICO's concerns stem from reports that Grok AI produced around 3 million sexualized images in a short period, including thousands depicting minors. This inquiry follows public outcry and previous legal actions in France against X for similar issues. The ICO's findings could lead to significant fines and regulatory changes, especially regarding the use of AI in generating sensitive content.

Recent papers from Anthropic and Google DeepMind reveal breakthroughs in AI safety, focusing on activation probes for jailbreak robustness and the risks of elicitation attacks on open-weight models.

Microsoft is developing the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub aimed at simplifying content licensing for AI companies. This initiative seeks to address the challenges of content usage in the AI landscape, ensuring publishers are compensated fairly.





GitHub is exploring options to manage the influx of low-quality AI-generated pull requests, which are overwhelming maintainers. Product manager Camilla Moraes initiated a community discussion to address this critical issue affecting open source contributions.


Apple introduces agentic coding in Xcode, supporting Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex, allowing AI to write code independently.