Tesla CEO confirms that xAI is scaling its Memphis data centre toward nearly 2 gigawatts, underscoring firm’s rapid ascent in AI arena

Elon Musk fired a warning shot at Apple and Google hours after the tech giants announced their blockbuster AI partnership. The billionaire CEO called .

Under this new multi-year agreement, reportedly worth over $1 billion annually, Google’s Gemini models will serve as the "foundation" for Apple’s own AI features. This means the "new Siri" (expected later in 2026) will be built on top of Google’s logic to handle personal context and multi-step tasks.

This is not the first time that Musk has taken issue with Apple's AI partnerships. In August 2025, xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of forming an AI mon

Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.