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NASA's Artemis three mission is picking up momentum. The core stage of the Space Launch System rocket, the largest single component of the vehicle, has arrived at Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building after traveling nine hundred miles by barge from New Orleans. It's a tangible sign that America's next crewed lunar mission is moving from factory floor to launchpad.
On a very different frontier, Elon Musk appeared to confirm under oath what many in the AI industry had long suspected — that xAI used OpenAI's models to help train its own Grok system. Musk's defense was essentially that everyone does it, arguing the practice is standard across competing labs. Whether that framing holds up legally or ethically is a question courts and the broader industry will now have to reckon with.
And in a story that blends gaming, drama, and a very long wait, Subnautica two is finally arriving in early access on May fourteenth. The underwater survival sequel has been surrounded by studio controversy and fan anxiety for years, so the announcement of an actual date feels less like a launch and more like a resolution — at least for now.
Stay curious, stay skeptical. Tech Beat out.
