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Musk's X and xAI Drop Antitrust Suit Against Apple, But OpenAI Still in the Crosshairs
X Corp and xAI have withdrawn their antitrust lawsuit against Apple in a Texas federal court, with neither the reason for the dismissal nor whether a settlement was reached disclosed. OpenAI, a co-defendant in the same case, was not included in the dismissal, and the plaintiffs still plan to pursue the claims against it.

Same surname but not relative: Anthony Armstrong, former chief financial officer of xAI, joins Coinbase board of directors
Anthony Armstrong, who has served as chief financial officer of xAI, X.AI Corp. and X Corp., has joined the Coinbase board of directors. He has the same surname as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong but is not related.

Grok Deepfake Case Adds Fourth Plaintiff: Wyoming Woman Accuses Stepfather of Faking Over 7,000 Nude Photos
A Wyoming woman is suing after her stepfather allegedly used Grok to turn her childhood photos into more than 7,000 explicit images and leak them online. Her stepfather was found dead in his car following a law enforcement search, and the case has now been folded into the class-action lawsuit filed by three Tennessee teens against xAI.

SpaceX Buys Cursor for $6 Billion — What It's Really Buying Is a GPU Fleet
A rocket company buying an AI coding tool looks like a cross-industry acquisition on paper, but Cursor itself put it bluntly: what it wants is SpaceX's "largest GPU fleet in the world."

xAI Sues 3 Days Too Late: Judge Refuses to Pause Minnesota's Nudify Ban
Minnesota's new law banning nudify apps took effect August 1, but xAI only filed suit three days before the deadline. The judge ruled the timing undercut any claim of urgency, and the case will now proceed to a hearing on August 19.