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AI Business and Development Daily News Rundown February 04 2026: SpaceX Buys xAI ($1.25T), OpenAI's "Codex" Command Center, & AI Detection Breakthrough
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🚀 Welcome to AI Unraveled (February 4th, 2026): Your strategic briefing on the business, technology, and policy reshaping artificial intelligence.
Today, we cover the historic acquisition of xAI by SpaceX, creating the world's most valuable private company at $1.25 trillion. We also break down OpenAI's new Codex desktop app for managing agent swarms, and a major medical study showing AI screening detects 27% more aggressive breast cancers.
Key Topics:
💰 Big Tech Consolidation
- The $1.25 Trillion Merger: SpaceX has officially purchased Elon Musk's xAI. The combined entity aims to build space-based data centers to bypass Earth's energy constraints.
- OpenAI’s Strategic Pivot: Reports confirm OpenAI is shifting resources away from long-term research (like Sora/DALL-E) to focus entirely on winning the chatbot war with ChatGPT, leading to internal departures.
🤖 Agents & Dev Tools
- OpenAI Codex App: OpenAI launches a macOS "command center" that lets developers run multiple coding agents in parallel, automating tasks like game development and QA testing.
- Firefox AI Kill Switch: Mozilla announces that Firefox 148 will include a single toggle to block all generative AI features.
- Moltbook Dismissed: Sam Altman calls the viral AI social network "Moltbook" a likely fad, though he validates the underlying agent technology.
🧬 Healthcare & Science
- AI vs. Cancer: A massive Swedish study finds AI screening detects 27% more aggressive breast cancers than standard methods and cuts radiologist workload by 44%.
- Luffu Health: Fitbit founders launch "Luffu," a new AI system for family caregiving and health monitoring.
⚖️ Law & Geopolitics
- X Raided in Paris: French police have raided X's offices and issued summons for Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino regarding algorithmic transparency and Grok-generated content.
🎨 Creative & Design
- Higgsfield Vibe-Motion: A new motion design tool powered by Claude that uses reasoning logic to create editable animations.
- xAI Grok Imagine 1.0: xAI releases an upgraded video model with improved audio and 10-second generations.
Keywords: SpaceX xAI Merger, OpenAI Codex, AI Breast Cancer Screening, Firefox AI Kill Switch, Musk Paris Raid, Higgsfield Vibe-Motion, Luffu Health, Skyryse Helicopters, Grok Imagine 1.0, Sam Altman Moltbook
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