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SpaceXAI is the AI company behind the Grok assistant, formed from xAI (founded by Elon Musk) after its absorption into SpaceX. Grok is offered through chat services and an API, with expanding use in coding and agent workflows.
A federal judge denied xAI's temporary restraining order request on July 31, 2026, letting Minnesota's nudification technology ban take effect August 1. Civil penalties reach $500,000 per violation. xAI argues the law violates the First Amendment, with a preliminary injunction hearing set for August 19.
A weekly recap of AI news from July 4-10, 2026. Flagship launches clustered together - GPT-5.6, Grok 4.5, GPT-Live and Muse Spark 1.1 - while MGX closed a $49B fund, SambaNova raised $1B, Google began disclosing AI-made ads, and the UN held its first AI governance dialogue.
SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) announced its flagship model Grok 4.5 on July 8, 2026. The first model trained jointly with Cursor, it's priced at $2/$6 per million tokens and claims 80 TPS speed with twice the token efficiency of leading models. Available now in Grok Build, Cursor, and the API; EU rollout expected mid-July.
xAI's Grok 4, announced on July 9, 2025, demonstrates superior performance over competing models through scaled reinforcement learning and native tool use capabilities.
From xAI's development journey to the latest Grok 3, explore how Grok differs from ChatGPT with real-time information access and unique features