xAI's $10B Challenge to OpenAI, Cursor's AI Coding Leap, and Grammarly's Big Acquisition - Daily AI Brief #222

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Welcome to today's AI Brief.

In today's edition, Cursor has made a significant move by hiring key personnel from Anthropic and launching an AI coding assistant for web and mobile. Meanwhile, xAI has secured $10 billion in funding to challenge OpenAI, and Grammarly has acquired Superhuman to expand its AI platform.

Additionally, Maersk has launched an AI-powered Trade & Tariff Studio, and Nvidia and Oracle are using AI to cut power use at their Phoenix data center. Baidu has introduced Ernie 4.5 as an open-source project, and Cloudflare has rolled out a 'Pay per Crawl' service for AI bots.

Cursor Hires Key Personnel from Anthropic

xAI Secures $10 Billion to Challenge OpenAI

Grammarly Acquires Superhuman to Expand AI Platform

Cursor Launches AI Coding Assistant for Web and Mobile

Maersk has launched an AI-powered platform to assist cargo owners with tariff management and compliance, while Nvidia and Oracle have collaborated with Emerald AI to cut power use at a Phoenix data center. Baidu has made its Ernie 4.5 language models open source, and Cloudflare introduced a 'Pay per Crawl' marketplace for AI bots. Additionally, NVIDIA and Intel have announced executive changes to strengthen their AI strategies, and BBVA has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to enhance productivity.