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    Tony Cox is a Denver-based risk analyst whose work on an AI tool has been backed by the American Chemistry Council. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/ResearchGate/American Chemical Council

    Inside a plan to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants

    Risk analyst Tony Cox’s work has been backed by the chemical lobby, and some health experts are alarmed

    By Dharna Noor

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    Linda Yaccarino Steps Down as CEO of X

    Her departure follows the merger of Elon Musk’s xAI with X

    Linda Yaccarino Photo: mike blake/Reuters

    Linda Yaccarino departs as boss of Musk's X

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    Yaccarino’s Break From Musk Was Months in the Making

    As chief executive of X, Linda Yaccarino navigated two turbulent years to stabilize a bruised business—just in time for the merger with xAI.

    As CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino testified last year before a Senate committee hearing on protecting children from sexual exploitation online. Photo: TASOS KATOPODIS/EPA/Shutterstock

    Childproofing the internet is a bad idea

    Age verification is well intentioned but it creates new privacy risks

    Age verification requirements could block content for adults too or put sensitive information at risk © Alamy

    Musk’s xAI seeks up to $200bn valuation in next fundraising

    Grok chatbot maker in early talks with investors to boost its value as much as 10 times from last year

    Three people close to the process said the new fundraising would target a valuation of between $170bn and $200bn © Reuters

    France opens criminal case against Musk’s X

    Politicians claim that the platform’s algorithms boost hate speech and threaten democracy

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    The logos of X and xAI. © Nikolas Kokovlis / NurPhoto / Getty Images

    Tech promised virtual reality would revolutionize entertainment. That moment might finally be closer than we think.

    A woman plays a video game with the Oculus Rift VR headset at a video arcade dedicated to virtual reality in Paris, France on December 5, 2016. Benoit Tessier/Reuters

    Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?

    After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”

    Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg / Getty; Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto / Getty.
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