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SpaceX acquires xAI in bid to develop orbital data centers
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Elon Musk’s Grok is still undressing men
After weeks of flooding the internet with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, X has finally reined in Elon Musk’s rogue…
Iran’s internet shutdown, explained | The Verge
After protests broke out in early January, the Iranian regime shut down the internet, starting the longest blackout…
OpenAI Wants To Use Biometrics To Kill Bots And Create Humans Only Social Network
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Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot according to the ADL
Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according…
Neom’s fate awaits us all Saudi failure is a sign of things to come – UnHerd
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Rumors, Misinformation Add to Ice Storm Chaos | Pith in the Wind | Nashville News
Specific rumors and misinformation have spread rapidly through social media and group texts since power outages swept Nashville…
How AI is rewriting the Holocaust
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Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it
For many years, credit card companies and other payment methods were aggressive about policing child sexual abuse material.…
Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisingly, a terrible idea
Every week, more than 230 million people ask ChatGPT for health and wellness advice, according to OpenAI. The…
Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more…