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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
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Trump says US 'pretty much' has deal for TikTok, talks with China to begin
President plans to begin discussions with China as soon as Monday
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Linda Yaccarino Steps Down as CEO of X
Her departure follows the merger of Elon Musk’s xAI with 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.
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Childproofing the internet is a bad idea
Age verification is well intentioned but it creates new privacy risks
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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
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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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Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?
After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”
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X blasts French criminal probe as ‘politically motivated’
The social network has denied claims of algorithm manipulation and described the probe as an attack on free speech
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Is AI Killing Google Search? It Might Be Doing the Opposite
AI upstarts were supposed to lay siege to Google’s search-engine dominance. So far, the defense is winning.
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Trump signs AI order to end ‘woke’ tech
The US president has signed executive orders to put America ahead while demanding tech companies can’t remain unchecked.
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'Can I see some ID?' As online age verification spreads, so do privacy concerns
The U.K.’s Online Safety Act took effect last Friday, requiring proof of age to access certain content
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Tesla board awards Elon Musk $30bn worth of shares
Chief executive will pay $2bn to buy 96m shares at same price as 2018 pay package rescinded by US court
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Musk Takes Fight With OpenAI to Apple
Elon Musk said Apple’s App Store was suppressing his GrokAI chatbot while favoring ChatGPT.
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Musk's chatbot Grok, suspended from X over Gaza posts, says it is being censored
Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI and integrated into his platform X, was temporarily suspended from the platform on Monday after saying that Israel and the United States were committing “genocide” in Gaza. Reinstated on Tuesday, Grok lashed out at its developers, saying “Musk and xAI are censoring me”.
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