xAI has successfully completed a Series C funding round, raising $6 billion from notable investors such as A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, and Vy Capital. Strategic investors NVIDIA and AMD also participated. Since the Series B funding round in May 2024, xAI has significantly advanced its technology, introducing key initiatives like Colossus - the world's largest AI supercomputer utilizing an NVIDIA full stack reference design with 100,000 NVIDIA Hopper GPUs.

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AI hallucinations are producing incorrect results that help scientists make new discoveries in fields like cancer research, drug design, and weather phenomena.

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The Department of Justice proposed changes to Google's search business, including selling Chrome browser and avoiding exclusive deals with companies like Apple. Google responded with a simpler proposal to prohibit default placement deals with companies like Apple for three years.

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Sony's WH-1000XM4 headphones are available for purchase at a discounted price of $178.20 in black, with other colors available for $198. They offer great audio quality and noise cancellation.

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Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has secured an additional $6 billion in funding. This follows a previous $6 billion investment round in June. Nvidia and AMD are among the new investors, and xAI plans to double the size of its AI computer, Colossus, to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs.

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Honda and Nissan plan to merge, creating the third largest car maker by sales, with a potential entity worth over $50 billion. Mitsubishi Motors is also in talks to join the integration.

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Donald Trump announced his picks for the tech policy team, including Michael Kratsios as the potential leader of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Dr. Lynne Parker as Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology.

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Despite phone manufacturers heavily promoting AI features in 2024, the actual AI capabilities in released smartphones were disappointing.

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xAI's AI chatbot Grok is being tested in a standalone iOS app, currently available in Australia and some countries in beta. The app offers real-time web data access, generative AI features like text rewriting, summarization, Q&A, and image generation from text prompts. A dedicated site, Grok.com, is being prepared for web access.

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