🤖 xAI Loses Half Its Founders As AI Powers Critical Healthcare—But At What Cost?

🤖 xAI Loses Half Its Founders As AI Powers Critical Healthcare—But At What Cost?

Author: AI Daily February 12, 2026 Duration: 7:39
Major upheaval at xAI as nine engineers exit in one week, including two co-founders, just after announcing history's largest merger. Meanwhile, AI chatbots are becoming the only mental health option for millions in Nigeria, operating without oversight as UK social workers discover AI tools generating dangerous false reports about children. Anthropic pledges to cover power grid costs as AI's energy demands strain local infrastructure, while OpenAI quietly disbands its Mission Alignment safety team and launches advertising in ChatGPT. Plus, Apple delays Siri's AI features again, and we examine what Moltbook's AI-only social network really reveals about our relationship with artificial intelligence.

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