Artificial intelligence
Users troll RFK's 'Real Food' website, ask Grok chatbot advice on food options for anal insertion
The Grok chatbot on the HHS’s "Eat Real Food" site sparked memes after giving literal answers to "rectal food" questions, including safety tips for certain produce amid RFK Jr.'s health push.
Pentagon faces backlash after using AI model Claude for offensive measures in Maduro capture - WSJ
Pentagon considering ending $200 million Claude AI contract over limitations dispute - Axios
To Jeff Bezos: A legacy Washington paper must include the Middle East - opinion
SpaceX acquires xAI for $250 billions, positioning itself for potential IPO worth $1.5 trillion
The deal, worth $250 billion according to The Information, aims to improve SpaceX's position in its reportedly future IPO, which is being described as potentially the biggest in history.
Israeli startup ORION raises $32 million in Series A round, with investments from IBM, Norwest
PICO Venture Partners, Lama Partners, and others who had already invested in the company during the seeding round participated in this Series A round alongside IBM and Norwest.
OpenAI ditches Nvidia for faster AI inference chips, threatening chipmaker's dominance
Nvidia remains dominant in chips for training large AI models, while inference has become a new front in the competition.
Ex-employee alleges Google helped IDF contractor with AI, breached ethics policy - report
The complaint was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and alleged that Google breached its own “AI principles" in a customer support response.
UAE made secret $500 million investment in Trump-linked crypto firm - WSJ
The $500 million investment granted the Emiratis 49% of World Liberty Financial, a fledgling cryptocurrency venture owned by the Trump family.
AI swarms could invade social media, threaten democracy, study warns
“Humans, generally speaking, are conformist. That's something that can relatively easily be hijacked by these swarms," said Kunst.
The ground loyal wingman and the future of manned-unmanned combat - opinion
If the skies have become dangerous, the ground battlefield has become a truly lethal trap. So instead of adding more and more soldiers or additional manned combat platforms, we add robots.
How AI is bringing the dead back and what that means for the living
A new study by Tom Divon, a media and cultural researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explores the use of generative AI to recreate deceased individuals' likenesses.
Nvidia CEO Huang denies he is unhappy with OpenAI, says 'huge' investment planned
Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said it was "nonsense" to say he was unhappy with OpenAI, adding that OpenAI is "one of the most consequential companies of our time."
Divine intelligence meets artificial intelligence: When Technology and tradition meet - opinion
The contrast between artificial intelligence (AI) and divine intelligence (DI) is not a competition. It is a conversation.