The AI Daily Brief · Thursday, July 16, 2026
The first SpaceX AI model, Grok 4.5, has been released, trained in partnership with Cursor. Despite recent controversy around data retention, the model has been well-received and is considered competitive, especially in advanced model architectures.
“Subsequently to this, we've seen the release of the first SpaceX AI model, trained in partnership with Cursor in Grok 4.5.”
“And holding aside recent controversy around data retention, the actual model itself has been well received and seems competitive, especially as we get into more advanced model architectures where companies are pairing state of the art in frontier with slightly less performant but slightly more affordable models.”