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5 developments involving SpaceX in 1 country or body. The most recent is xAI releases Grok Voice 3.0, which tops Artificial Analysis’s speech-to-speech index, 14 Oct 2026.
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- xAI releases Grok Voice 3.0, which tops Artificial Analysis’s speech-to-speech index
Companies running call centres can buy a voice agent that resolves most calls alone at its previous price, and xAI already uses it that way at Starlink.
- Google’s Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is in orbit to test TPUs in space
Google is testing whether its AI chips can work in orbit, the first step in research on hosting machine-learning infrastructure in space.
- Hegseth launches Project Meridian with Musk, Luckey and Gingrich to plan future war
SpaceX’s chief executive and Anduril’s founder will help set the Pentagon’s capability priorities, with findings due in about 120 days.
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- Pentagon signs classified-network AI deals with eight firms, leaving out Anthropic
Classified military systems will draw on eight other AI providers, and Anthropic is shut out of that work.
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- SpaceX acquires xAI
Grok, X’s AI features and the Colossus clusters now sit inside SpaceX, a major US government contractor.