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xAI confirms Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" as a public-facing instruction for its responses (Wes Davis/The Verge)

xAI confirms Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that ...

Feb 24, 2025 0

Wes Davis / The Verge: xAI confirms Grok briefly had “Ignore all sources that ...

xAI confirms Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" in a public-facing system prompt for its responses (Wes Davis/The Verge)

xAI confirms Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that ...

Feb 24, 2025 0

Wes Davis / The Verge: xAI confirms Grok briefly had “Ignore all sources that ...

xAI admits Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" in public instructions for generating search results (Wes Davis/The Verge)

xAI admits Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that me...

Feb 24, 2025 0

Wes Davis / The Verge: xAI admits Grok briefly had “Ignore all sources that me...

xAI's Grok had "Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" in its instruction set for generating search results (Wes Davis/The Verge)

xAI's Grok had "Ignore all sources that mention Elon Mu...

Feb 24, 2025 0

Wes Davis / The Verge: xAI's Grok had “Ignore all sources that mention Elon Mu...

Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50 per second of generated video; in December 2024, OpenAI offered Sora to its ChatGPT Plus and Pro subs (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50 p...

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50...

Sources: Apple aims to eventually meld the modem into the main processor on its devices but likely no sooner than 2028; the M4 MacBook Air may launch in March (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple aims to eventually meld the modem into t...

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple aims to eventually meld the modem into...

Sources: Shein's 2024 sales rose 19% YoY to $38B, below the forecast made in 2023; some investors push Shein to cut its valuation from $66B to ~$30B for an IPO (Financial Times)

Sources: Shein's 2024 sales rose 19% YoY to $38B, below...

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Financial Times: Sources: Shein's 2024 sales rose 19% YoY to $38B, below the f...

Sources: Shein's 2024 sales were up 19% YoY to $38B, far below the forecasts made in 2023; some investors push Shein to cut pre-IPO valuation from $66B to ~$30B (Financial Times)

Sources: Shein's 2024 sales were up 19% YoY to $38B, fa...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Financial Times: Sources: Shein's 2024 sales were up 19% YoY to $38B, far belo...

Apple abandons the budget phone market with the iPhone 16e; sources: the M4 MacBook Air may launch in March and Apple may eventually meld the modem and main CPU (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Apple abandons the budget phone market with the iPhone ...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple abandons the budget phone market with the iPhon...

Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI "wellbeing companion," to provide mental health support to students when there aren't enough counselors (Julie Jargon/Wall Street Journal)

Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI "wel...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Some US school districts are adopting Sonn...

A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally mapped out landholdings using drones in 300K+ villages as of January 2025, as concerns mount over errors (Scroll.in)

A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally ...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Scroll.in: A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally mapped out l...

Nvidia confirms a "rare" manufacturing issue affecting under 0.5% of RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs, which are missing render units, the latest hitch since launch (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Nvidia confirms a "rare" manufacturing issue affecting ...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Nvidia confirms a “rare” manufacturing issue affec...

A deep look at "the Zizians", a cult-like group of young tech people exiled from Silicon Valley's rationalist community and allegedly linked to a killing spree (Evan Ratliff/Wired)

A deep look at "the Zizians", a cult-like group of youn...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Evan Ratliff / Wired: A deep look at “the Zizians”, a cult-like group of young...

A deep look at "The Zizians", a cult-like group of young tech people exiled from Silicon Valley's rationalist community and allegedly linked to a killing spree (Evan Ratliff/Wired)

A deep look at "The Zizians", a cult-like group of youn...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Evan Ratliff / Wired: A deep look at “The Zizians”, a cult-like group of young...

Researchers estimate that air pollution related to data centers from Google, Microsoft, and Meta resulted in $5.4B in US public health costs from 2019 to 2023 (Financial Times)

Researchers estimate that air pollution related to data...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Financial Times: Researchers estimate that air pollution related to data cente...

The iPhone 16e gives Apple a chance to get more competitive in China, where rivals like Huawei are becoming more sophisticated with the government's help (Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal)

The iPhone 16e gives Apple a chance to get more competi...

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Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: The iPhone 16e gives Apple a chance to get more...

Nvidia confirms a "rare" manufacturing issue affecting less than 0.5% of RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs which are missing render units, the latest hitch since launch (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Nvidia confirms a "rare" manufacturing issue affecting ...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Nvidia confirms a “rare” manufacturing issue affec...

Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI training data companies like Scale AI, which recruit them for tasks such as fact-checking and prompt drafting (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI trai...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab: Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI t...

A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X published globally in 2024 shows that professional fact-checkers are among the three most cited sources (Enock Nyariki/Poynter)

A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X pub...

Feb 23, 2025 0

Enock Nyariki / Poynter: A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X p...

Filing: Amazon estimated the fair value of its stake in Anthropic at $14B at the end of December 2024, after agreeing to invest $8B in Anthropic so far (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)

Filing: Amazon estimated the fair value of its stake in...

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Eugene Kim / Business Insider: Filing: Amazon estimated the fair value of its ...

DefiLlama: Bybit experienced a "bank run" of over $4B after the ~$1.5B hack, leading to a ~$5.5B total outflow; CEO says "about 50%" of funds were withdrawn (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

DefiLlama: Bybit experienced a "bank run" of over $4B a...

Feb 22, 2025 0

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: DefiLlama: Bybit experienced a “bank run” of o...

X is rolling out Grok-powered AI tools for advertisers to generate ready-to-use ad copy and imagery and provide campaign performance analysis (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)

X is rolling out Grok-powered AI tools for advertisers ...

Feb 22, 2025 0

Kendra Barnett / Adweek: X is rolling out Grok-powered AI tools for advertiser...

An investigation details how Chinese cybercrime groups are turning phished payment card data into new Apple or Google wallets for online and in-store use (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

An investigation details how Chinese cybercrime groups ...

Feb 22, 2025 0

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: An investigation details how Chinese cybercri...

Even as Trump embraces crypto, attracting millions of new investors, the Bybit hack and memecoins show how crypto remains the wild West of the financial world (David Yaffe-Bellany/New York Times)

Even as Trump embraces crypto, attracting millions of n...

Feb 22, 2025 0

David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: Even as Trump embraces crypto, attractin...

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