Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban
Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s refusal to embed generative AI into its browser, arguing that doing so dehumanises the web, diverts traffic away from publishers…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters reports that Meta allowed the creation of dozens of chatbots impersonating celebrities without their consent. Many were built by users…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s refusal to embed generative AI into its browser, arguing such integrations dehumanise…
The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ‘ASAP’
The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ‘ASAP’ Summary An internal General Services Administration (GSA) email obtained by WIRED says the White House instructed agency leaders…
HP bottom line fattens up on a diet of AI PCs and Windows 11
HP bottom line fattens up on a diet of AI PCs and Windows 11 Summary HP reported a stronger Q3 (ended 31 July) as Personal Systems revenue rose 6% year-on-year…
GitHub engineer claims team was ‘coerced’ to put Grok into Copilot
GitHub engineer claims team was ‘coerced’ to put Grok into Copilot Summary Microsoft-owned GitHub has begun rolling out xAI’s Grok Code Fast 1 as an opt-in public preview in GitHub…
xAI’s Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups
xAI’s Grok has no place in US federal government, say advocacy groups Summary More than 30 advocacy organisations led by Public Citizen and Color of Change have written to Office…
AI web crawlers are destroying websites in their never-ending hunger for any and all content
AI web crawlers are destroying websites in their never-ending hunger for any and all content Summary Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols argues that modern AI web crawlers are strip-mining the open web,…
Alibaba looks to end reliance on Nvidia for AI inference
Alibaba looks to end reliance on Nvidia for AI inference Summary Alibaba has reportedly developed a new AI accelerator aimed at inference (serving models), stepping up efforts to reduce reliance…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich Summary A 56‑year‑old tech‑industry veteran, Stein‑Erik Soelberg, killed his 83‑year‑old mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, and then himself in Old…