Category Archives: Business

Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4 Amid Controversy Over Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts

In a livestream with xAI colleagues, the billionaire entrepreneur described current AI systems as “primitive” and not for “serious” commercial use.

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A New Kind of AI Model Lets Data Owners Take Control

A novel approach from the Allen Institute for AI enables data to be removed from an artificial intelligence model even after it has already been used for training.

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Linda Yaccarino Tried to Tame X. Now She’s Out as CEO

Yaccarino announced Wednesday she’s stepping down, and it’s not clear if the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, plans to announce a successor.

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‘People Are Going to Die’: A Malnutrition Crisis Looms in the Wake of USAID Cuts

Warehouses in the US are full of foods that fight malnutrition, while kids go hungry in places like South Sudan.

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Grok Is Spewing Antisemitic Garbage on X

Elon Musk’s chatbot has gone on a tirade, praising Adolph Hitler and parroting antisemitic tropes.

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OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta

The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.

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Volodymyr Zelensky’s Clothing Has Sparked a Polymarket Rebellion

Crypto gamblers are crying foul as they stand to lose millions of dollars in a bet over whether Ukraine’s president would wear a suit.

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The Teens Are Taking Waymos Now

Alphabet’s self-driving car company launches what it hopes will be lucrative individual teen accounts—and maybe a whole lot of social change in the process.

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Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom’

The National Academy for AI Instruction will make artificial intelligence training accessible to educators across the country, according to leaked details.

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GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in Three US States—But Not for Ride-Hailing

After sightings by WIRED, GM confirms that a limited number of sensor-laden Bolt EVs have been given a second life.

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