Overview
- SpaceX announced it acquired Elon Musk’s xAI, stating in an internal memo that the merger’s core aim is to build space-based data centers to meet AI power and cooling constraints on Earth.
- Deal terms remain unconfirmed, with the Financial Times reporting a $250 billion purchase price and Bloomberg reporting a combined valuation of about $1.25 trillion, while any impact on a previously reported mid‑year SpaceX IPO plan is unclear.
- OpenAI launched a macOS Codex app that uses GPT‑5.2‑Codex and adds multi‑agent parallel work, automated background tasks, and selectable interaction styles to target high‑end developer workflows.
- Independent tests show competitive but not decisive results, with GPT‑5.2 narrowly leading TerminalBench and showing no clear advantage on SWE‑bench against Gemini and Claude.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said investment plans with OpenAI remain on track and that Nvidia will join the company’s next financing round, as Sam Altman publicly affirmed the partnership and separate reports described OpenAI reallocating resources toward ChatGPT that prompted several senior departures.