The Top AI News Stories Today

SpaceX has officially closed its acquisition of Cursor, an AI coding startup. The deal marks Elon Musk's company's entry into the AI-assisted software development market, consolidating Cursor's technology and team under SpaceX's ownership. Source A woman has accused her stepfather of using Grok, an AI image tool, to transform a childhood photograph into explicit imagery. […]

Apple has trained a custom large language model for the China market in partnership with Alibaba, a rare cross-border collaboration between an American tech giant and a Chinese domestic company. The AI model was developed with Alibaba's support, according to Reuters, citing three people familiar with the arrangement. The partnership underscores the challenge Apple faces

Databricks raised $5bn at a $190bn valuation in its latest funding round, more than five times its initial target. Ali Ghodsi, the company's chief executive, told TechCrunch that investor demand exceeded expectations; the firm had originally sought to raise $1bn, but investors pushed for a much larger round. The funding underscores how costly AI infrastructure

Thrive Holdings, an OpenAI-backed enterprise AI firm, has raised $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation from investors including SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital. The company acquires businesses and integrates artificial intelligence into their operations. The funding underscores investor appetite for AI-focused acquisition vehicles as enterprises race to deploy the technology across their

Google's Gemini app has reached one billion monthly active users, making it the search giant's fastest-growing product ever. Among those users, 63% engage with the chatbot via its voice feature. Gemini generates more than 150 million images daily, according to Google. Source General Catalyst has led a $1.1 billion funding round into River AI, a