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The AI chatbot Grok, which is produced by Elon Musk’s xAI, wrote numerous antisemitic social media posts Tuesday after the artificial intelligence company released a revamped version of it over the weekend, NBC News reported. The posts ranged from alleging “patterns” about Jewish people to praising Hitler. In one exchange, in response to a user’s question asking it to identify
One thing that has been missing from Bluesky until now was the ability to turn off notifications for specific accounts, but now Activity Notifications are live. If you want to know every time The Verge or ESPN, or one of your friends posts, you can, just by toggling the bell icon on their profile page, along with an option to
Donald Trump called Elon Musk’s decision to start and bankroll a new US political party “ridiculous” on Sunday. “Third parties have never worked, so he can have fun with it but I think it’s ridiculous,” the president told reporters traveling with him back to the White House from his New Jersey golf club, The Guardian reported. He then elaborated, at
Even with the TikTok divest-or-ban law officially in effect since January, the app has only shutdown service in the US for one day. Now, The Information reports that an agreement for a sale satisfying the law’s requirement is close and would come with a new, separate version of the app, The Verge reported. Any deal, however, would need approval from
The House passed the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA), marking a significant overhaul to federal tax policy. The signing reflects a major pivot in legislative priorities toward domestic production and pro-business tax policy, KGKG reported. The new law restores 100% bonus depreciation, reinstates immediate expending for U.S. -based R&D, terminates dozens of inflation Reduction Act
Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on a sweeping claim that President Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws, newly disclosed documents show, The New York Times reported. In letters to companies like Apple and Google, Ms. Bondi wrote that Mr. Trump had
A decision by Elon Musk's X social media platform to enlist artificial intelligence chatbots to drive factcheck risks increasing the promotion of “lies and conspiracy theories”, a former UK technology minister has warned, The Guardian reported. Damian Collins accused Musk’s firm of “leaving it to bots to edit the news” after X announced on Tuesday that it would allow large