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Elon Musk’s xAI has signed an important new customer: the U.S. government.  The two-year old AI company—most recently in the news when its chatbot praised Hitler—said in a blog post Monday that it has launched a new division, called “Grok with Government” and signed a contract worth up to $200 million with the Department of Defense. xAI also announced that …

The government is accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence technology, beginning with the U.S. Department of Defense using Grok, the AI chatbot embedded into X. Elon Musk‘s startup xAI announced on Monday a $200 million government contract as the Defense Department aims to address national security concerns with AI technology. It’s also rolling out what it called “Grok for Government,” a …

Key Takeaways Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he does not support a merger of Tesla with xAI, his artificial intelligence startup. Musk did say, however, that he supports Tesla investing in the maker of the Grok chatbot. The chatbot was added to Tesla vehicles in a beta test over the weekend. Tesla (TSLA) does not have any plans to acquire …

Elon Musk never liked Tesla being a car company, anyway  Axios Elon Musk Floats a New Source of Funding for xAI: Tesla  The Wall Street Journal Tesla stock higher on potential for xAI investment; full merger would be the ‘next stage,’ analyst says  Yahoo Finance Tesla to hold shareholder vote on whether to invest in xAI  CNN Elon Musk’s SpaceX to invest $2 billion …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was not in a Miami courtroom Monday, but his name loomed large as a jury was selected for the federal trial of a civil lawsuit over the 2019 crash of a Tesla Model S that killed a pedestrian and left another badly injured when the car was in Autopilot mode. “Anything that involves Elon Musk is …

Elon Musk speaks during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk was not in a Miami courtroom Monday, but his name loomed large as a jury was selected for the federal trial of a civil lawsuit over the …

The language Abbott’s office used appears to be fairly boilerplate. Paxton’s office, in an explanation of the common-law privacy exception on its website, mentions that “personal financial information” that doesn’t deal with government transactions “is generally highly intimate or embarrassing and must be withheld.” But Bill Aleshire, a Texas-based attorney specializing in public records law, was appalled that the governor …

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has pivoted from antisemitism to anime girl waifus. Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that AI companions are now available in the Grok app for “Super Grok” subscribers who pay $30 per month. According to posts that Musk has shared, it seems that there are at least two available AI companions: Ani, an …

Elon Musk Floats a New Source of Funding for xAI: Tesla  The Wall Street Journal Musk says he does not support a merger between Tesla and xAI but backs investment  CNBC Musk Has Money and xAI Wants Some  Bloomberg Elon Musk’s SpaceX to invest $2 billion into his xAI startup: report  Fox Business Elon Musk promises Tesla shareholders a vote over buying equity in …

Seeking the system prompt Owing to the unknown contents of the data used to train Grok 4 and the random elements thrown into large language model (LLM) outputs to make them seem more expressive, divining the reasons for particular LLM behavior for someone without insider access can be frustrating. But we can use what we know about how LLMs work …