The Ghibli craze has gone viral, fueled by ChatGPT's update to GPT-4o, causing a surge in users generating images in the style of Studio Ghibli. OpenA

The start-up’s valuation, which has nearly doubled in six months, shows continued enthusiasm for A.I. among investors.

Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.

Of the merger of two of his passions, the richest man in the world declared, "xAI and X’s futures are intertwined."

Social platform X struggled after Elon Musk took over, but its fortunes improved dramatically after US President Donald Trump won reelection. Now it will be become part of Musk's AI startup xAI.

The biggest backer of OpenAI, Microsoft is now building its own AI models and teaming up with Sam Altman's mortal enemy.

The companies are being combined in an all-stock deal that values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, factoring in the social network's $12 billion debt.

OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure the full $40 billion funding led by SoftBank it is in the final stages of raising, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.