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The U.S. Department of War announced Monday an agreement with Elon Musk's xAI to embed the company's frontier artificial intelligence systems, powered by the Grok family of models, into the department's bespoke AI platform GenAI.mil. The partnership aims to provide advanced capabilities to 3 million military and civilian personnel, with initial deployment targeted for early 2026 at Impact Level 5 (IL5) for secure handling of Controlled Unclassified Information.

"The challenge with Elon is keeping up with him," Wiles told the outlet, calling Musk an "avowed ketamine" user who "sleeps in a sleeping bag" in an office building adjacent to the White House during the daytime. "He's an odd, odd duck, as I think geniuses are. You know, it's not helpful, but he is his own person."

A 36-hour work sprint at xAI? Cue the applause from colleagues. Elon Musk's companies have long been known for their intensive work cultures. During Tesla's production ramps, some employees slept in their cars or, in Musk's case, on the factory floor. When Musk took over Twitter, he said to embrace an "extremely hardcore" schedule or be laid off. At xAI, one employee recently said that they worked for a day and a half straight, sparking responses from their colleagues - and Musk himself.

The City of Memphis has collected all taxes owed by Elon Musk's xAI before the payment deadline, creating a $3.2 million special revenue fund to support communities affected by the company's operations.

My son was very excited to hear that the chatbot thought Ronaldo was the better soccer player, said Farah Nasser, a former journalist and broadcaster.

Recent reports have indicated that Elon Musk's brain-implant startup, Neuralink, has leased a five-story, 144,000-square-foot building in South San Francisco. At the same time, Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is reportedly also looking around for a Bay Area office. The news marks a noticeable step in Musk's expanding presence in the Bay Area, despite the move of his biggest companies, Tesla and SpaceX, to Texas.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has officially broken ground on its $80 million wastewater treatment facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The project aims to reduce strain on the Memphis aquifer by 9% and repurpose 20% of wastewater from the nearby Memphis T.E. Maxson wastewater facility that would otherwise flow back into the Mississippi River. A major step towards sustainability City officials, including Councilman J. Ford Canale and Memphis Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Ted Townsend, joined xAI staff at the October 10 ceremony.

The only regret I have about xAI - we're an investor already - is that I didn't give him more money.

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, now has a new chief financial officer: Former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources. Armstrong, who previously advised Musk during the Twitter deal, will oversee the finances of both xAI and X, which were merged in April, the report said. The former banker has been working with xAI for several weeks and was only recently appointed as CFO, the FT added.

A leadership shakeup is brewing within xAI's data annotation team. At least nine high-level employees appear to no longer be with the team. Their Slack accounts were deactivated over the weekend, according to screenshots seen by Business Insider. The employees worked on the human data management team, which oversees the AI tutors who train Grok. Previously, the managerial ranks included around a dozen people, according to a review of LinkedIn profiles and workers with knowledge of the team.