By Noleetah Alset, H.A.T.E. correspondent

We regret to inform you that the letters "A" and "I" have been laid off. Early Sunday, at 3:40 AM CT on October 4, Elon Musk posted three lines on X: "No more AI / SI / It's better." Five minutes later a reply asked whether the AI arm would be renamed SpaceXSI. At 4:07 AM CT Musk answered: "Yes, we will make that change." At 4:10 AM he followed up with "SpaceX is a super intelligence company," just to make sure the branding team never sleeps again.

The damage report so far: one acronym gone, one new one, and a lot of logo files about to be renamed. To be clear, this is an announced change, not a finished one. As of this morning, x.ai/news still says SpaceXAI across the top, and the @SpaceXAI account was still posting under that name as late as Friday. This is a confirmed plan with the paint still wet. Musk was already using the new term on Friday, October 2, when he posted "Super Intelligence (fka AI) is now acing accounting tests." By Sunday evening he had moved on to "Propagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader." The style guide is going through a rough week.

ELSEWHERE IN THE WRECKAGE

AUSTIN ROBOTAXI NOW RUNS AN EXTRA HOUR, AND KITTENS ARE THE REASON: Late Friday, October 2, the official @robotaxi account posted: "Robotaxi in Austin now available until 11pm." Thirty-five minutes later Musk explained what the extra hour is actually about: "Robotaxi operating hours moved from 10pm to 11pm. The main thing we're trying to solve is making sure that we don't run over pets when they're hard to see at night. Literally trying to avoid grey kittens on grey tarmac in the dark." So the self-driving car company spent the weekend publicly worrying about kittens. The 'robots don't care' crowd will need a new argument.

STARLINK WANTS YOUR NEIGHBOR TO BE YOUR ISP: Starlink's new community-host page (starlink.com/community-host) says: "One Starlink Kit delivers high-speed internet to multiple users nearby. Neighbors pay for flexible hour, day, week, or month passes — and you earn from every connection." There are four passes. Hour, Day and Week each cover one device, and the Month pass covers up to four. "Starlink takes care of payments, user access, and connectivity." Starlink is taking host applications through an interest form. Prices aren't posted yet. One dish, a whole block of customers, and Starlink handles the billing. Somewhere, a cable company's customer-retention department just sat down.

THE BORING COMPANY IS RUNNING TWO MACHINES UNDER NASHVILLE: The company's October 1 Music City Loop update says: "Prufrock-MB1 and Prufrock-MB2 are actively tunneling, Prufrock-MB3 will launch in late October, and Prufrock-MB4 is being built! The team is pushing to have four tunnel boring machines in the ground before the end of the year!" MB1 has picked up "over 300 upgrades." Nashville may wake up to find there's a highway under it.

Also in the pile: on October 2 SpaceX posted photos of Starship releasing Starlink V3 satellites on Flight 14, captioned "Starship's first orbital flight delivered 26 Starlink V3 satellites to space." Starlink had said on launch day that the payload would add "up to 26 Terabits" of capacity. XChat added Grok to group chats ("Get answers to your questions directly in XChat by asking Grok"), and Musk's entire review was "Ask @Grok in XChat."

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Here's the painful part: none of this is a scandal. Musk announced the SpaceXSI rename himself, on the record, in three posts before sunrise Sunday. The site still says SpaceXAI, so it's a plan, not a finished rebrand. Austin Robotaxi got an extra hour, and the stated reason is not hitting grey kittens. Starlink published a host program where neighbors buy hour, day, week or month passes and Starlink handles the payments. The Boring Company has two machines tunneling under Nashville at the same time, with a third due in late October. Snarky, yes. Made up, no. The receipts are below.

Musk on X, Oct 4, 2026 (CT): 3:40 AM "No more AI / SI / It's better" (x.com/elonmusk/status/2106665679361618173). 3:45 AM @XFreeze replies "Any possibility of renaming to SpaceXSI??" 4:07 AM Musk: "Yes, we will make that change" (x.com/elonmusk/status/2106672603536712025). 4:10 AM Musk: "SpaceX is a super intelligence company" (x.com/elonmusk/status/2106673377658413414). This is an announced change. As of Oct 5, x.ai/news still shows SpaceXAI branding. @robotaxi, Oct 2, 10:52 PM CT: "Robotaxi in Austin now available until 11pm." Musk, Oct 2, 11:27 PM CT: "Robotaxi operating hours moved from 10pm to 11pm ... Literally trying to avoid grey kittens on grey tarmac in the dark." Starlink community-host page (starlink.com/community-host): one Starlink Kit serves multiple users nearby. Hour Pass 1 hr / 1 device; Day Pass 24 hr / 1 device; Week Pass 7 days / 1 device; Month Pass 1 month / up to 4 devices. Starlink handles payments, user access and connectivity. No prices are posted, and hosts apply through an interest form. The Boring Company Music City Loop blog, Oct 1, 2026: MB1 and MB2 actively tunneling at the same time, MB3 launching late October, MB4 being built, a push for four TBMs in the ground by year-end, and over 300 upgrades to MB1. SpaceX on X, Oct 2: "Starship's first orbital flight delivered 26 Starlink V3 satellites to space" (photos). Starlink on X, Sep 28: the payload would add "up to 26 Terabits of capacity."