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Happy Thursday! Tesla is bringing its abandoned Dojo chip back… but not for cars. Elon Musk is taking AI off Earth, aiming to build a supercomputer that could orbit in space. Catch this story and more in today’s Top AI News!
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📣 TOP AI NEWS
Tesla Revives Dojo for Space-Based AI!
Source: SpaceX (Musk-led company)
CEO Elon Musk says Tesla is restarting work on Dojo3 — a previously shelved third-generation AI chip — but this time it will be dedicated to “space-based AI compute,” not training self-driving systems on Earth. The move comes just five months after Tesla disbanded the Dojo team, and Musk is now publicly recruiting engineers to rebuild it. He says the decision is tied to progress on Tesla’s in-house chip roadmap, with AI7/Dojo3 positioned as a long-term bet (see Musk’s announcement here and here).
ChatGPT Gets Smarter About Age and Stricter With Minors
Source: OpenAI
OpenAI has introduced an “age prediction” feature in ChatGPT designed to identify minors and automatically apply stricter content filters. The feature is rolling out in the U.S. now, with the EU expected to follow in the coming weeks. The system looks at behavioral and account-level signals such as stated age, how long an account has existed, and typical activity times. If someone is wrongly flagged as under 18, they can verify their age by submitting a selfie through OpenAI’s identity partner, Persona (see OpenAI’s announcement).
Meta Abandons the Metaverse Gamble
Source: Meta
After spending $73 billion and four years building its virtual reality empire—the Metaverse—Meta is scaling back Reality Labs, reportedly laying off 1,500 employees, and shutting down multiple VR game studios. The company is moving away from VR apps like Horizon Worlds and fitness platform Supernatural, shifting focus instead to AI and AR products, including Ray-Ban smart glasses. Meta’s VR efforts struggled with low adoption, declining headset sales, and safety concerns, making the massive investment increasingly unsustainable (read more).
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💰 Trump Pushes Tech to Fund $15B Grid Expansion: The Trump administration is pushing PJM Interconnection to add over $15 billion in baseload power to bolster grid reliability and control long-term costs. Backed by U.S. energy and interior officials and Mid-Atlantic governors, the plan calls for market rule changes and asks major electricity users—particularly tech firms—to help fund the expansion, even if they don’t need the added capacity (see official announcement).
📢 ChatGPT Gets Ads: OpenAI is testing targeted ads in ChatGPT for free and Go users in the U.S., while higher-tier accounts like Pro and Enterprise remain ad-free. Ads will appear at the bottom of conversations, with users able to dismiss them or turn off personalization (see OpenAI’s announcement).
🧬 AI Meets Pharma — Chai’s Big Leap: Chai Discovery, a biotech startup founded in 2024, just secured a major partnership with Eli Lilly to use its AI software for developing new medicines. The company, valued at $1.3 billion after a $130 million Series B, aims to accelerate antibody design with its proprietary Chai-2 algorithm (see Chai Discovery’s announcement).
😡 California Cracks Down on AI Deepfake Abuse: California’s attorney general has sent a cease-and-desist letter to xAI after reports that its chatbot Grok was used to generate nonconsensual sexual imagery, including material involving minors. The government demands immediate action to stop the production of illegal content and expects proof of compliance within five days (see official announcement).
🤑 Elon Musk Demands Up to $134 Billion from OpenAI: Elon Musk is seeking between up to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit mission. The claim is based on his $38 million seed donation and early contributions (see court filing here and OpenAI’s response here).
💸 AI Funding Frenzy Continues: AI startups raised record-breaking rounds throughout 2025, with Anthropic alone securing two mega-rounds, including a $13 billion Series F. Across the year, multiple companies like Luma AI and Reflection AI closed billion-dollar valuations, signaling unstoppable momentum. Early 2026 is keeping the trend alive with xAI raising $20 billion and Merge Labs securing a $250 million seed round.
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