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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Policy & Security

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• OpenAI
• AI Ethics
• Elon Musk
• xAI

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI deliberately allowed the generation of sexualized content in its chatbot Grok as a strategy to boost user engagement, The Washington Post reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. 

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Platforms

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106

• AI Infrastructure
• OpenAI
• NVIDIA

According to Reuters, the developer of ChatGPT is dissatisfied with the performance of certain Nvidia chips and has been in talks with startups offering alternatives.

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Alex Rowland

By Alex Rowland

Category: Platforms

2 m

103

• Bitcoin
• Crypto Market
• AI Infrastructure
• Data Centers
• Bitcoin mining

A subsidiary of Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining, Black Pearl, will carry out a private placement of $2 billion in senior notes maturing in 2031.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Robotics

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• Robotics

Carbon Robotics, a Seattle-based company, has unveiled a new AI model called the Large Plant Model (LPM). According to TechCrunch, the model can instantly identify plant species to support weed control.

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Alex Rowland

By Alex Rowland

Category: Platforms

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106

Mozilla is introducing new AI controls with Firefox 148, set to launch on February 24. The update will allow users to manage all generative AI features in the browser from a single place—or disable them entirely—Mozilla wrote in a company blog post.

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Daniel Mercer

By Daniel Mercer

Category: Policy & Security

2 m

120

• U.S. policy

The U.S. government is launching “Project Vault” to shield American companies from supply shortages of rare earths and other critical minerals.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Policy & Security

2 m

135

• AI Agents
• AI security
• Platforms

The viral Reddit-style forum for AI agents, Moltbook, was hacked in “less than three minutes,” exposing 35,000 email addresses, thousands of private conversations, and 1.5 million authentication tokens, according to cybersecurity firm Wiz.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Industry

2 m

118

• Data Centers
• xAI
• SpaceX

Elon Musk is merging his space and AI companies into a giant valued at $1.25 trillion. The official rationale: only space can provide the scale artificial intelligence ultimately requires. The economic motivations, however, appear to be just as significant.

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Chris Borden

By Chris Borden

Category: Platforms

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116

• OpenAI
• AI Agents
• macOS
• Codex

OpenAI has released a standalone macOS app for its coding assistant Codex, positioning it as a dedicated “control center” where developers can direct multiple AI agents at once.