The news that Elon Musk’s xAI has doubled its value to $50bn in barely six months leads the AI Weekly Digest. The OpenAI rival has raised $5bn in its latest funding round. We also feature a potentially key licensing deal between US AI start-up ProRata.ai and several leading UK news publishers. On a more negative note, we also cover the startling response from Google's Gemini to a user question about the number of US households led by grandparents. The chatbot responded: "You are a stain on the universe. Please die."
