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South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix debuted on Nasdaq at $170 a share, reflecting strong AI-related investor interest. The listing followed SpaceX's Nasdaq IPO a month earlier.

Elon Musk postponed a live interview on CNBC just before it was set to begin, leaving tech journalist Julia Boorstin on air explaining the cancellation. The interview was scheduled for Friday around noon but was abruptly rescheduled without further details.

The Trump administration is challenging state AI laws it deems ideologically biased, proposing a Federal Trade Commission policy to address AI companies that distort outputs for undisclosed ideological purposes. The policy targets a Colorado law that previously banned algorithmic discrimination, which was later repealed, and includes legal actions against state regulations, supported by the Department of Justice and an executive order creating an AI litigation task force.

Elon Musk's companies SpaceXAI and Cursor collaborated to release Grok 4.5, an AI model integrated into Cursor. The partnership, formed in April, accelerated a $60 billion acquisition, highlighting Musk's rapid execution in the AI sector despite questions about sustaining his pace.

US EV sales increased in Q2 due to high gas prices, with Tesla leading the market with a 50.5% share. Other automakers like Ford and Chevrolet saw significant declines in EV sales, while Toyota and Subaru experienced growth.

The Trump administration is challenging state AI laws it deems ideologically biased, with the Federal Trade Commission proposing a policy to address AI systems that distort outputs for undisclosed ideological goals. The administration's efforts include targeting a repealed Colorado law against algorithmic discrimination and supporting a lawsuit against xAI, Elon Musk's AI company. An executive order directed the FTC to issue guidelines on state laws requiring alterations to AI model outputs.

The Trump administration is challenging state AI laws it deems ideologically biased, with the Federal Trade Commission proposing a policy to address AI systems that distort outputs for undisclosed ideological goals. A Colorado law banning algorithmic discrimination was repealed, and xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, sued the state with support from the U.S. Department of Justice. President Trump's executive order directed the FTC to regulate state laws requiring alterations to AI model outputs.

The Trump administration is challenging state AI laws it deems ideologically biased, with the FTC proposing a policy to address AI systems that may distort outputs for undisclosed ideological goals. The administration's efforts include targeting a Colorado law on algorithmic discrimination, now repealed, and supporting a lawsuit against xAI, Elon Musk's AI company. An executive order directed the FTC to regulate state laws requiring changes to AI model outputs.

China successfully recovered the first stage of a Long March-10B rocket after a launch, marking its first achievement in reusable rocket technology. The breakthrough is compared to SpaceX and Blue Origin's established programs, with SpaceX recently launching a booster for the 36th time.

China successfully landed the first stage of its Long March-10B reusable rocket using a net-based recovery system, marking its first orbital rocket reuse. This achievement positions China alongside SpaceX and Blue Origin in reusable rocket technology, though its payload capacity still lags behind SpaceX's Falcon 9.

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Tennessee is experiencing significant data center growth, including xAI's 'Colossus' supercomputer in Memphis, but faces rising energy costs and community opposition due to environmental and grid concerns. ThinkTennessee reports conflicting electricity bill impacts and varying data center counts between industry trackers.

Two new ETFs exclude companies founded, controlled, or led by Elon Musk, including SpaceX and Tesla. The funds avoid investments in these entities based on Musk's involvement.

Elon Musk plans to launch space colonization efforts this year, with Tesla robots serving as the first residents on Mars. He describes life on Mars as simultaneously exciting, boring, and terrifying due to confined living conditions and the dangers of the environment.

Russia and China are collaborating to develop capabilities to disable or destroy Starlink, including malware and jamming devices, as revealed by a joint investigation. The partnership involves exchanging Russian battlefield experience for Chinese technology, with Russian forces using jamming to counter Ukraine's Starlink-aided drone attacks.

Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable and assures Anthropic he will not 'cut off' the company, despite $40 billion in revenue at stake. Musk insists Anthropic can trust him to host its models.

Elon Musk has reversed his previous criticism of Anthropic, now praising the company as a leader in AI and acknowledging its progress with models like Mythos/Fable. The two companies have a partnership allowing Anthropic access to SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, with a financial agreement valued at $1.25 billion monthly through 2029.

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space startup, is seeking $10 billion at a $130 billion valuation to compete with SpaceX. The article highlights SpaceX's advantages in launches, funding, and diversification compared to Blue Origin's challenges, drawing parallels to Lyft's position relative to Uber.

The European Parliament voted to send a revised bill allowing tech companies to scan for child sexual abuse material to EU member states for approval, despite previous rejection in March. The bill now includes an amendment exempting end-to-end encrypted services like WhatsApp and Signal, leading to disappointment among both supporters and critics.

Elon Musk stated that thousands of SpaceX employees have likely become millionaires following the company's IPO. He emphasized his philosophy of providing stock to employees to align their success with the company's, and discussed SpaceX's long-term goals of establishing a lunar base and enabling human settlement on Mars.

A judge approved Elon Musk's SEC settlement, though the court raised concerns about it. The SEC alleged in a 2025 lawsuit that Musk delayed disclosing his acquisition of a 5% ownership stake in Twitter.

A former employee of Elon Musk’s AI company xAI describes a grueling work environment with 100-hour weeks, boardrooms named ‘Judgment Day,’ and a culture of fear, while still expressing a longing for the experience.

President Trump praised Gwynne Shotwell for donating 2 million shares of SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts, valuing the gift at $325 million. The donation aims to benefit over 2 million children in lower-income areas, with a focus on regions near the Shotwells' Texas home. Trump also expressed anticipation that Elon Musk may donate to the program.

Three AI trends are accelerating: models are becoming more powerful (e.g., Anthropic's Fable, OpenAI's Sol, SpaceXAI's Grok 4.5), governments are developing regulatory frameworks, and the U.S. and China are considering restricting access to their most advanced AI. The global AI race is shifting toward national security concerns as autonomous agents and open-source models like China's GLM-5.2 redefine competition.

A federal judge approved a $1.5 million settlement between Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over alleged stock disclosure violations during Musk's 2022 Twitter takeover. The judge expressed 'serious misgivings' about the settlement, noting its unprecedented nature and the use of Musk's revocable trust to pay the penalty, which the SEC admitted was a first for such cases.

A Biden-appointed judge reluctantly approved Elon Musk's settlement with the SEC over Twitter disclosures, questioning whether the Trump administration let the world's richest person off too easily.

A judge approved Elon Musk's $1.5 million settlement with the SEC over his disclosure of a growing stake in Twitter (now called X). The settlement concludes Musk's legal dispute with the SEC regarding how he disclosed his Twitter stake.

Commercial space ventures in the US and China are raising capital as they compete in a space race. Blue Origin aims to raise $10 billion at a $130 billion valuation, following SpaceX's $86 billion IPO. Chinese banks are increasing lending to aerospace enterprises, including a $1.5 billion credit pledge over three years.

Elon Musk's SpaceXAI, formerly Eloncorp, launched Grok 4.5, an AI model rebranded for legal advice and Excel tasks. The model claims improved performance through training on Nvidia GB300 GPUs and Cursor acquisition, but independent benchmarks suggest it lags behind models like Anthropic’s Claude Fable.

SpaceXAI's new coding model Grok 4.5 is positioned as cheaper and faster than Anthropic and OpenAI's flagship models. Elon Musk claims it competes with last year's Claude Opus but acknowledges it is at least one generation behind those models.

Elon Musk announced that X will send direct messages to users about posts receiving a Community Note. The platform aims to make crowd-sourced corrections more difficult to ignore.

A judge approved a $1.5 million settlement between the SEC and Elon Musk over a Twitter investment. The opinion states whether it's fair is 'for our citizenry to decide at the ballot box.'

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, is raising $10 billion at a $130 billion valuation for the first time, led by CEO Dave Limp, as it aims to catch up with SpaceX. The funding includes a $2 billion contribution from Bezos and is led by Coatue Management.

Cathie Wood and ARK Invest added $7 million to SpaceX stock, marking the third time they've bought the dip since its IPO, while selling Alibaba shares to free up cash. ARK believes SpaceX could reach a $3.1 trillion enterprise value by 2030, driven by AI, data centers, and aerospace.

OpenAI is launching its new GPT-5.6 AI model family, including Sol, Terra, and Luna, while Elon Musk announced the Grok 4.5 model from SpaceXAI. The developments coincide with ongoing rivalry between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, following Musk's 2024 lawsuit over OpenAI's nonprofit status and a recent court loss.

Russian forces are deploying powerful jamming systems to disrupt Ukraine's mid-strike drone operations, which rely on Starlink satellite internet. Ukraine's use of these drones has transformed the war by enabling precise, long-range attacks.

AI distillation, a technique where models are trained using outputs from other AI systems, is becoming a competitive tool that threatens the profitability of major AI companies. US firms like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google warn that rivals, including Chinese companies like Alibaba and Z.ai, may use distillation to replicate their models cheaply, undermining investments in data and computing power.

Elon Musk’s Terafab could significantly impact the chip sector. SpaceX is projected to invest $135 billion in wafer-fab equipment over the next five years, according to UBS.

Wall Street banks are optimistic about SpaceX's future, predicting stock prices above $200 within 12-18 months, but the stock currently trades around $152. Analysts highlight SpaceX's potential in space transportation and Starlink satellites, with J.P. Morgan forecasting $225 by 2027 and Raymond James projecting $800. However, risks like delays in Starship development temper investor confidence.

Tesla’s stock could rise 20% due to a potential merger with SpaceX, according to an analyst. Wall Street increasingly views the possibility of combining Elon Musk’s two major companies as likely.