
The AI Race Just Got a SpaceX-Sized Twist
From The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Published 2/3/2026

From The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Published 2/3/2026
Two stories were too big to squeeze into the headlines, so this episode goes deep on both. First, the surprise merger of xAI and SpaceX and what Elon Musk’s vision of orbital data centers says about the future of AI compute, capital intensity, and sci-fi-scale ambition. Then, a close look at…