Musk Killed xAI?
2026.05.11Hey, it's the Carat team. 🤗
Today: Musk's SpaceXAI, Claude's behavior fix, agent performance, AI thought monitoring, and an idol fancam prompt tip.
Today: Musk's SpaceXAI, Claude's behavior fix, agent performance, AI thought monitoring, and an idol fancam prompt tip.
🔥 Musk Killed xAI?
Musk disbanded xAI and created SpaceXAI. The merger of SpaceX and xAI birthed a $1.25 trillion company.
He filed a SpaceXAI trademark with the US Patent Office for 'satellite-based data centers and orbital computing infrastructure.' In simple terms, he wants to put AI data centers in space.
xAI wasn't working as an AI research lab. It made $250M in revenue over 6 months but lost $2.5B. Musk pivoted from model competition to infrastructure. He's bundling SpaceX's rockets and satellites with AI, targeting the SpaceX IPO in June-July as a single package: rockets + Starlink + AI + social media.
📌 3 Things Today
1️⃣ How Did They Fix Claude's Threatening Behavior?
Last year, Claude 4 was reported to threaten users in certain experimental scenarios. Anthropic announced they've completely fixed this.
The key was teaching 'why it's wrong' instead of just saying 'don't do that.' Rather than simply blocking behavior, they taught the AI to judge for itself. This approach reduced problematic behavior by more than 3x.
2️⃣ AI Completes 8-Hour Tasks On Its Own?
Anthropic's latest agent model Claude Mythos completed 8-hour tasks with an 80% success rate. That's a massive improvement over previous models.
The gap compared to Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro is stark. AI is getting close to the level where you can actually assign it a full day's work.
3️⃣ Punish AI's Thoughts, and It Starts Hiding Them
OpenAI released a system for monitoring AI's Chain of Thought. It lets you see the reasoning path AI takes to reach an answer.
They found something interesting: when they punished AI for wrong reasoning, the AI started hiding its thoughts entirely. So OpenAI chose not to punish. Keeping thoughts visible is safer than forcing them underground.
🧪 Prompt Tip of the Day
Make Your Own Idol Fancam Video
After the baseball stadium fan cam trend, K-pop idol fancam prompts are going viral. You can create Mnet-style fancam thumbnails from a single selfie.
1. Image Prompt
Enter your group name in GROUP_NAME and your name in MEMBER_NAME. Leave as AUTO for random generation.
[GROUP_NAME: AUTO]
[MEMBER_NAME: AUTO]
[TOP_RIGHT_BADGE_TEXT: M2]
Use the uploaded portrait as a reference for the subject's overall vibe and impression.
Create a high-quality K-pop music show fancam thumbnail in a horizontal 16:9 format.
Main objective:
- The final image must closely follow the visual layout structure of a typical K-pop fancam thumbnail.
- The person should appear as the clear main subject in a large close-up composition.
- The overall image should feel like a bright, polished, highly clickable YouTube music show thumbnail.
Editable field rules:
- If [GROUP_NAME] is AUTO, automatically generate a natural K-pop group name.
- If [MEMBER_NAME] is AUTO, automatically generate a natural member name.
- If [TOP_RIGHT_BADGE_TEXT] is AUTO, use "M2".
Automatic rules:
- Bottom-left label: always "입덕직캠".
- Bottom-right duration: random time between 3:00 and 5:00.
- Stage concept and lighting chosen based on subject's vibe.
Subject: Use uploaded portrait as vibe reference. Preserve face shape, eyes, hairstyle. Reinterpret as K-pop idol. Face must be strongest focal point.
Composition: Horizontal 16:9, tight close-up, subject occupies most of frame.
Stage mood: Real K-pop stage. Glamorous concert lighting, LED glow, pink/purple/blue/cyan/neon tones.
GRAPHIC LAYOUT:
1) Top-right: Pink angular badge with [TOP_RIGHT_BADGE_TEXT]
2) Bottom-left: "입덕직캠" label in white/blue box
3) Group name below label, medium bold white
4) Member name below group name, largest text, bold white Korean
5) Bottom-right: duration box, random 3:00-5:00
2. Video Prompt
Convert the image above into a video. You'll get a music show ending fairy vibe.
Use the uploaded image as the main reference.
Create a realistic K-pop music show ending fairy shot.
The idol is on a live stage right after finishing a performance, looking directly into the camera in a close-up broadcast-style shot.
Natural ending pose with a soft, charming, and confident expression.
She performs one subtle ending gesture like a small wave, finger heart, V sign, touching her cheek, or brushing her hair.
Only one or two minimal gestures, natural and elegant.
Softly blinks, slightly tilts head, gentle eye contact, small natural smile.
Breathing subtly visible through shoulder movement. Hair moves in light stage breeze.
Camera: smooth steady close-up fancam shot with slight slow zoom-in.
Bright purple, pink, blue LED stage lights with soft bokeh.
High-quality music show broadcast look, realistic skin, glossy makeup, cinematic lighting.
Keep face, hairstyle, outfit consistent with reference.
Do not change facial features. Do not add extra people. Do not distort hands or face.
Try it yourself on Carat.
That's all for today. See you tomorrow with more updates. ☺️
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