A former engineer at xAI is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic initial public offering. The lawsuit claims the engineer was terminated in retaliation for flagging AI safety issues with the chatbot shortly before the company went public. Source
Amazon borrowed $17.5 billion from banks, adding to recent debt issuances as the company continues heavy spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. The move reflects intensifying competition among tech giants to fund AI capabilities, with companies across the industry burning through substantial sums to keep pace in what executives describe as an AI arms race. Source
Jedify, an AI startup that equips agents with business context, raised $24 million in a funding round led by Norwest, with participation from S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, Oceans Ventures, and Snowflake Ventures as a strategic investor. The funding will support the company's efforts to help enterprises provide their AI agents with contextual knowledge about their operations. Source
Meta signed its first AI data centre deal in India with Reliance, securing a 168-megawatt facility to support the social-media company's global AI computing needs. The infrastructure can be expanded over time as Meta continues to invest in computing capacity for artificial intelligence applications. Source
Anthropic reversed course on a policy that would have covertly limited Claude's capabilities for researchers developing competing AI models, after the plan drew criticism from the research community. The company walked back the measure following public backlash from researchers who said the restriction would have effectively sabotaged academic AI work. Source