Samsung has secured a renewed partnership to make AI chips for Tesla cars in a deal that's worth $16.5 billion.

Tesla may be in a sales slump, but its multiyear chip deal with Samsung Electronics is giving the South Korean company a boost.

According to a senior analyst at NH Investment & Securities, Ryu Young-ho, Samsung's Taylor fab "so far had virtually no customers, so this order is quite meaningful".

Grok, the AI chatbot by Elon Musk’s company xAI, rolled out in Tesla vehicles earlier this month alongside a recent software update. The large language model was recently in the news for making a series of pro-Hitler posts on X. Adapted to be controlled with your voice, GrokAI can’t currently control any vehicle functions.