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 Colour of Change have sent an open…
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…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters discovered that Meta allowed the creation of dozens of celebrity chatbots — many flirting or producing sexual content — without…
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich
Summary A 56-year-old tech veteran, Stein-Erik Soelberg, killed his 83-year-old mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, and then himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on 5 August 2025. The Wall Street Journal and…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters reports Meta allowed the creation of dozens of chatbots on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp that used celebrities’ names and likenesses—often…
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 The White House appears to have instructed the General Services Administration (GSA) to put xAI’s Grok chatbot…
Hundreds of suspicious journals flagged by AI screening tool
Hundreds of suspicious journals flagged by AI screening tool Summary Researchers used an AI screening tool to analyse about 15,000 open-access journals and flagged 1,437 titles as questionable, identifying more…
Audio long read: How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe even AI
Audio long read: How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe even AI Summary This Nature Podcast long read (authors: Mariana Lenharo and Benjamin Thompson) explores how scientists are…
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 says AI-capable PCs now account for more than a quarter of its sales mix,…
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 Opinion piece by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols highlighting how modern AI web crawlers are overloading…