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| Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide: |
xAI introduces Grok 4, trained on its Colossus supercomputer, featuring multimodal tools, faster reasoning, Grok 4 Voice, Grok 4 Code, a new interface, and more — Deeper thinking and greater reasoning is promised — An hour after the live stream was supposed to start last night (July 9) …
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| Herb Scribner / Axios: |
Elon Musk addresses Grok's antisemitic posts, saying it was “too compliant to user prompts” and “too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially” — Elon Musk shared his thoughts Wednesday after his AI platform Grok faced backlash for repeatedly using antisemitic language in its replies on X.
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
xAI launches Grok 4 Heavy, a “multi-agent version” of Grok 4 offering increased performance, and unveils a new $300/month AI subscription plan, SuperGrok Heavy — Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, late on Wednesday released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 4, and unveiled … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that “after two incredible years, I've decided to step down”; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after she ran NBCUniversal's ad business — X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is stepping down from her role. … - Under her leadership …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic posts — Linda Yaccarino, whom Elon Musk hired to run X in 2023, grappled with the challenges the company faced after Mr. Musk took over.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Linda Yaccarino told close contacts that the return of some advertisers and X's merger with xAI, which reduced her role, made it a good time to depart — The X CEO stabilized the social-media company's ad business, but contended with an erratic boss and pressure to move faster| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta offered Ruoming Pang a $200M+ pay package over a several-year period in line with Meta's other major AI hires; Apple didn't try to match the offer — Meta hired Ruoming Pang, who ran Apple's AI models team, with a pay package in the hundreds of millions over a several-year period …
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| Kalley Huang / The Information: |
In an internal Meta essay, an outgoing AI researcher says a “culture of fear”, with performance reviews and layoffs, is spreading like “a metastatic cancer” — Over the past month, Meta Platforms has overhauled its stumbling efforts in artificial intelligence by making … | Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI plans an AI-powered web browser with some user interactions within a ChatGPT-like native chat interface instead of clicking through to websites — OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) market-dominating Google Chrome …
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
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| Danielle Broadway / Reuters: |
SAG-AFTRA says Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors signed a new contract with game studios, including AI protections like consent requirements — Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors signed a new contract with video game studios on Wednesday with a focus … | Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act mandates all new US border surveillance towers are “autonomous”, effectively granting Anduril a monopoly on new contracts — The One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires all new border surveillance towers to be certified “autonomous.” Only Anduril's fit the bill.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A researcher says 245 extensions on nearly 1M devices are overriding security protections to turn browsers into engines that scrape websites for a paid service — Extensions installed on almost 1 million devices have been overriding key security protections to turn browsers into engines …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Source: during a presentation, Microsoft Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff said AI saved Microsoft $500M+ in 2024 in call centers and user satisfaction — During a presentation this week, Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff said artificial intelligence tools are boosting productivity …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Nvidia plans to launch a new AI chip designed for China that will be a version of its Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 processor, as soon as September — CEO to talk with Chinese officials next week, aiming for September unveiling of processor compliant with US export controls
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| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
A German court ruled Meta's tracking pixels embedded in third-party websites and apps violate the EU's GDPR, ordering it to pay €5,000 to a German Facebook user — A German court has ruled that Meta must pay €5,000 ($5,900) to a German Facebook user who sued the platform … | Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation — The European Union published a code of practice to help companies follow its landmark AI Act that includes copyright protections …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning the first Vision Pro upgrade later in 2025, with an M4 chip and a new strap, and a lighter, redesigned version for 2027 — Apple Inc. is planning to introduce its first upgrade to the $3,499 Vision Pro headset as early as this year, aiming to improve the performance …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports Q2 revenue up 39% YoY to ~$32B, beating estimates and boosting expectations for a sustained post-ChatGPT boom in AI spending — That beat the average analyst projection for about NT$928 billion. — Investors have piled back into AI-linked companies, shaking off a funk … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity launches Comet, its first AI web browser, initially available on its $200 per month Max plan and via a waitlist, in a bid to compete with Chrome — Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup's latest effort to challenge Google Search …
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| Laila Kearney / Reuters: |
Electricity bills may rise 20%+ in parts of PJM Interconnection's 13-state territory, as the largest US power grid struggles to meet AI and data center demand — America's largest power grid is under strain as data centers and AI chatbots consume power faster than new plants can be built.
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| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Disney and ITV agree a deal to stream hit shows like The Bear and Love Island on each other's platforms for the first time, starting July 16; both can sell ads — Companies hope content-sharing agreement will help them attract new subscribers in fiercely competitive market
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| Yassmin Jabri / Bloomberg: |
Riyadh-based food delivery service Jahez agrees to acquire a 76.56% stake in Qatari e-commerce platform Snoonu for $245M in cash and stock — Saudi Arabian delivery platform Jahez has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Qatari e-commerce platform Snoonu, in a positive signal … | Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Amazon expands its Now service in India to New Delhi, offering deliveries in as little as 10 minutes, after launching the service in Bengaluru in December 2024 — The online retail giant is expanding its “Now” service to the Indian capital, deepening a nascent foray into so-called quick commerce.
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