SpaceX backs Anthropic with data centre deal amidst Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit
Deal gives IPO-bound SpaceX a marquee customer, while helping Anthropic ease capacity constraints.
Deal gives IPO-bound SpaceX a marquee customer, while helping Anthropic ease capacity constraints.
Musk says solar powered and space-based data centres are the only way to meet AI’s burgeoning energy demands.
New files suggest the men had more extensive contact with Epstein than previously known.
Electric car company to invest $2bn in artificial intelligence start-up as part of pivot away from auto market.
European Commission says its investigation will examine if the AI tool has met its legal obligations.
Ashley St Clair, mother of Musk’s son, Romulus, sues over ‘pain and mental distress’ caused by fake AI images.
The economic model championed by figures like Musk makes raising children economically irrational for most households.
The billionaire’s platform has been inundated with Grok-produced sexualised images, including of children.
In the US, Democratic lawmakers have called on Apple and Google to remove X from their respective app stores.
Analysts say Musk’s move may give a small boost to some protesters, but matters little during internet blackouts.
Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a ‘serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens’ online.
![Last week X blocked Grok’s ability to generate and edit images for many users but watchdogs say sexualised images were still produced [File: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-09T190213Z_1139857795_RC2SZHA1AZOO_RTRMADP_3_XAI-GROK-USA-1768407184.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Musk downplayed concerns about the content Grok produces. He posted laughing emojis in response to synthetic images of public figures in bikinis [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025-02-16T142607Z_263064880_RC2PVCA4ZVJM_RTRMADP_3_XAI-AI-1767716505.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)