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AI Unplugged · by · sent February 6, 2026 · Issue 044

$1.5 Trillion AI Deal

The biggest merger in history just happened in the AI space.

🗞️ AI News of The Week: xAI Merges with SpaceX $1.25T Deal

The biggest merger in history just happened in the AI space.

Elon’s xAI and SpaceX have merged in a record-breaking $1.25 trillion deal that reshapes both the AI and space industries.

Why this matters:

  • Scale unprecedented: This creates the world’s most valuable AI company with direct access to satellite infrastructure and space technology

  • Real-world AI deployment: xAI’s models will now have direct integration with Starlink’s global network, enabling AI applications anywhere on Earth

  • Competition intensifies: This mega-merger puts enormous pressure on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to secure similar infrastructure partnerships

  • Vision alignment: Combines Elon’s “AI for space exploration” ambitions with practical Earth-based AI applications through satellite connectivity

👉 Read More About the xAI-SpaceX Merger

🧠 AI Term of The Week: Skill

Definition: A specialized bundle of instructions, knowledge, and capabilities that extends an AI agent’s abilities to perform specific tasks or use particular tools.

Explain Like I’m 5: Think of skills like giving your AI assistant different job training courses. Just like teaching someone to be a chef (cooking skill) or electrician (wiring skill), you’re teaching AI how to do specific tasks really well.

Real examples:

  • Not a skill: Asking ChatGPT “Can you help me write a newsletter?”

  • Skill: A pre-built “newsletter-draft” skill that knows your exact format, style guide, and template structure

  • Not a skill: Telling Claude “Read this spreadsheet and analyze it”

  • Skill: An “xlsx” skill with built-in knowledge of Excel functions, data cleaning, and chart generation

Why it matters now:

  • Skills make AI agents dramatically more useful by teaching them specialized workflows instead of generic responses.

  • You can create custom skills for your specific personal or business needs like for writing blog posts, podcast scripts, newsletters, etc.

  • Skills are reusable and shareable, meaning you can build once and use across multiple projects.

💬 Quote of the Week:

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*“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.“ *

– Albert Einstein

🧰 AI Tool of The Week: ChatGPT Codex

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Open AI Codex

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What is Codex: A lightweight coding agent by OpenAI that can be compared to other ‘no-code/vide code’ tools such as Claude Code, Antigravity, etc. According to the OpenAI Codex page, it is built to handle everything from routine tasks to complex architectural changes.

Desktop App: A command center for managing agentic workflows (currently available for macOS).

IDE Integration: It can be used directly within your preferred code editor.

Terminal/CLI: You can interact with Codex via the command line for rapid updates and command execution.

👉****Check Out ChatGPT Codex

🛠 Tutorial: How To Migrate Claude Code From npm to Native Installer

Description: In this tutorial, I will show you how to migrate your current version of Claude Code installed using the old npm package manger to the new Native Installer Version.

🤖** What You’ll Learn**

  • Show Current State of Claude Code

  • Run Migration Command (claude install)

  • Run Diagnostics (claude doctor)

  • Confirm Settings Preserved

  • Uninstall Old npm Version

📺 Watch Tutorial on YouTube