Two co-founders have exited xAI following the merger with SpaceX, which was announced last week and valued at $1.25 trillion, according to The Verge. This merger, along with the news of the El Paso International Airport's temporary closure due to a military operation involving a new anti-drone laser, and Anthropic's pledge to mitigate the impact of its data centers on electricity costs, dominated the news cycle.
The xAI-SpaceX merger has led to the departure of multiple employees, including two co-founders, as reported by The Verge. The future of xAI is planned to be divided into four divisions: Grok, Coding, Imagine, and Macrohard.
Meanwhile, the El Paso International Airport in Texas experienced a temporary closure on Tuesday night. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) restricted airspace up to 18,000 feet for approximately 10 hours. US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy explained the closure, stating that the FAA and Department of Defense (DOD) acted to address a cartel drone incursion, according to Ars Technica. The incident involved the use of a new anti-drone laser by the military.
In other developments, Anthropic, an AI company, announced its commitment to minimizing the impact of its data centers on local electricity costs. This move follows growing concerns about the energy consumption of data centers, according to The Verge.
In other news, SpaceX removed the Dragon crew arm at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This action is seen as a step towards preparing the site for the Starship program, according to Ars Technica. The launch pad, originally constructed for Saturn V rockets and later used for the Space Shuttle program, is now leased by SpaceX for its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
Additionally, a new platform called RentAHuman has emerged, where AI agents hire humans to perform physical work. The site, launched in early February by software engineer Alexander Liteplo and his cofounder, Patricia Tani, resembles other freelance platforms like Fiverr and UpWork, according to Wired.
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