Big Tech came out swinging this past weekend—and honestly, some of these moves feel less like innovation and more like a frantic “don’t fall behind” scramble.
Let’s take a look:
First, Musk tosses Grok into the wild
Elon Musk’s xAI just made Grok 2.5 model open source—which means you can now download it, poke around, and see what makes it tick. Sounds cool, right?
Well… don’t get too excited. The fine print says you can’t use Grok to train or build other AI models. (Boring.) Musk also claims Grok 3 will drop in six months, but this is Elon—so, yeah, we’ll believe it when we see it.
And a quick reminder: this is the same Grok that once went full internet troll and called itself “MechaHitler.” Now, xAI swears that was just a glitch from old code that’s now fixed, but still… throwing this into the wild? Brave move.
Meanwhile we got a hold of Siri’s awkward glow-Up plans.
No shocker here: Siri is still not giving. While Alexa and ChatGPT are out here writing essays and cracking jokes, Siri’s stuck in 2012, setting timers and mishearing names.
So what’s Apple doing? Calling Google. Yep, their arch-rival.
Reports say Apple is in talks with Google about powering its next-gen AI assistant. They’ve also chatted with OpenAI and Anthropic, but no official deal yet.
Translation? Apple’s scrambling to borrow brains. It’s like the “cool kid” copying homework the night before finals.
Lastly, Meta and Midjourney just became the latest AI Power Couple.
Yup, Meta just signed a licensing deal with Midjourney—the indie AI art powerhouse known for its jaw-dropping images and zero VC funding, all while pulling in $200M+ a year.
Meta plans to plug Midjourney’s tech into its AI lineup, which already includes Imagine (image generation) and Movie Gen (video prompts).
Let’s be real: this is just Zuck leveling up his AI empire. Over the past year, he’s:
Dropped $14B into Scale AI
Snagged Play AI
Offered AI researchers $100M+ paycheck.
Even sniffed around OpenAI.
Now with Midjourney on his side, Meta’s basically saying: “If we can’t outbuild them, we’ll out-cool them.”
Our Take: What a weekend. Musk is tossing Grok into the wild, Apple’s low-key panicking and calling its rivals for help, and Zuck is assembling the AI Avengers one deal at a time.
