The startup is leaning on Musk’s business empire to play catch-up in the AI race

A former professor and the founder of his own AI company, Howard noticed that if he asked Grok about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the chatbot seemed to cross-check Elon’s tweets before regurgitating an answer.

MSNBC's Ari Melber asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about Elon Musk's plans to launch a new political party. "He's going to do what he's going to do, and we'll see how that all unfolds," Jeffries said.

CEO Elon Musk has had a busy year, to say the least. In the space of six months, he's aligned himself with President Donald Trump, gone to work for the U.S. government, and headed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — a Herculean set of tasks that would crush the average human.