Musk's grueling schedule drove away 50+ SpaceXAI researchers, gutting Grok team
Since SpaceX acquired xAI in February, over 50 Grok AI researchers have left, blaming Elon Musk's relentless 7-day workweeks and unrealistic deadlines.
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Three engineers who built Grok's search, pre-training, and voice systems have left xAI in one week, casting doubt on Elon Musk's promise of a new Grok model every two weeks.
Grok's real-time search lead leaves xAI as talent exodus widens
The head of xAI's search and factual post-training team, Tianyi Zhang, has resigned, marking the latest departure in a wave that has seen roughly 80 employees leave in the past year, including all original co-founders except Elon Musk.
Meta Poaches One-Third of Mira Murati's AI Startup Team with Nine-Figure Offers
A third of Mira Murati's fledgling AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has been poached by tech giants like Meta and OpenAI, lured by nine-figure compensation packages.
Grok's new skills let power users build a persistent workspace
Grok's new Skills system lets SuperGrok users create custom automation workflows in a sandboxed workspace, turning the chatbot into a persistent tool.
GPT-5.5 Lands a 136 IQ Score on New Human-Scale AI Benchmark
Recursive, founded by former DeepMind chief scientist Tim Rocktäschel, wants AI to run its own experiments. The startup just raised $650M at a $4.65B valuation.
xAI in turmoil: Mistral co-founder leaves after a month as Cursor staff take over
Musk's AI venture is in chaos: a Mistral co-founder quit after a month, Grok team members were laid off, and Cursor employees are now running internal meetings.
SpaceXAI’s Grok Build Leaks, Takes Aim at Claude Code
SpaceXAI’s Grok Build desktop agent leaked online, revealing a tool that directly competes with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex with powerful local permissions and agent workflows.
White House official says treat AI like a drug
A White House official suggested pre-approving AI models like the FDA does drugs — then the administration quickly backtracked, saying he was taken out of context. But behind the scenes, pre-release evaluations by intelligence agencies are still on the table.
Musk's compute playbook: build massive, then let rivals take the scraps
Prime Intellect launches Lab, a closed-loop agent post-training platform that charges by token instead of GPU time. It bundles evaluation, RL training, and deployment into a single iterative experience.