Benzinga·2025-11-18 08:42Core Insights - Elon Musk, CEO of xAI, expressed openness to collaborating with Apple to integrate Grok with Siri, responding positively to a suggestion from a user on social media [1][2] - Ross Gerber, co-founder of Gerber Kawasaki, proposed that Apple should replace Siri with Google's AI model, Gemini, indicating a potential collaboration between Apple and Google [3] - Musk hinted at a possible merger between Tesla and xAI, despite previous shareholder resistance to investing in xAI [3] - The release timeline for xAI's Grok 5 has been pushed to the first quarter of 2026, a delay from the previously anticipated end-of-2025 release [4] - Musk criticized Jeff Bezos for leading an AI initiative, Project Prometheus, which could compete with xAI, highlighting the rivalry between their respective companies [5] - Musk defended Tesla's current spending strategy on AI, stating that it was not yet a limiting factor for the Full Self-Driving system [6]