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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use. ...

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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

Even Linus Torvalds is trying his hand at vibe coding (but just a little)

"But then I cut out the middle man—me." ...

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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Code-like for general computing

Users can give Claude access to a folder and tell it what to do for them. ...

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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

UK probes X over Grok CSAM scandal; Elon Musk cries censorship

Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI. ...

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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

Apple chooses Google’s Gemini over OpenAI’s ChatGPT to power next-gen Siri

Apple goes with Google's tech despite using OpenAI's ChatGPT elsewhere in iOS. ...

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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?

Google describes apps exactly like Grok and says they are banned from Google Play. ...

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Jan 10 • 4 months ago

Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank

Google says creating for people rather than robots is the best long-term strategy. ...

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Jan 09 • 4 months ago

X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

Faced with a ban in the United Kingdom, X pushes flawed fix to CSAM problem. ...

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Jan 08 • 4 months ago

ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up

New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot. ...

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Jan 08 • 4 months ago

Grok assumes users seeking images of underage girls have “good intent”

Expert explains how simple it could be to tweak Grok to block CSAM outputs. ...

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Jan 08 • 4 months ago

AI starts autonomously writing prescription refills in Utah

The program allows patients in the state to get prescription refills for 190 common meds. ...

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Jan 08 • 4 months ago

Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars

The Blue Oval is also working on new hands-free driver assists. ...

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