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Tech Giants Collide: Musk, Apple, OpenAI & Dyson Make Moves

Elon Musk's SpaceX acquired his AI startup xAI, creating a combined entity valued at $1.25 trillion, making it the most valuable private company in the world, according to Musk's announcement on Monday. The acquisition was driven by the belief that terrestrial solutions would be insufficient to meet the growing global electricity demand for AI, Wired reported.

Musk stated in a blog post that "space-based AI is obviously the only way to scale," and that the deal would transport resource-intensive AI efforts to a location with vast power and space. "I mean, space is called space for a reason," Musk wrote.

In other tech news, OpenAI released a new desktop application for macOS called Codex, VentureBeat reported on Monday. The tool is designed to allow developers to delegate multiple coding tasks simultaneously, automate repetitive work, and supervise AI systems that can run independently for up to 30 minutes before returning completed code. Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, described the Codex app as a "command center for agents" and said it was "the most loved internal product we've ever had," according to VentureBeat.

Meanwhile, Apple Watch deals were available, with the Series 11 and SE 3 receiving the biggest discounts, according to The Verge. Savings of up to 25% were available on the higher-end Apple Watch Ultra 3. The Apple Watch SE 3 was on sale starting at $219 ($30 off) for a limited time.

Dyson also offered winter sales on some of its vacuums and heaters, Wired reported. The $350 sale on Dyson's budget V8 was a standard deal, easy to find at that price through much of last year.

In the realm of AI-generated content, a study from researchers at Stanford and Indiana University found that a civilian online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, was letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes, MIT Technology Review reported. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic images banned by the site. The researchers analyzed requests for content on the site, called bounties, and found that between mid-2023 and the end of 2024, a significant portion asked for animated content.

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