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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) …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Joe Tidy / BBC:
UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men age 17 to 19, in relation to the M&S and Co-op hacks, which started in April and caused havoc  —  Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op.
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 …
Hayden Field / The Verge:
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
CNBC:
Jessica Davies / Digiday:NEW
Condé Nast and Hearst sign multi-year agreements with Amazon to license their content for use in Amazon's AI shopping assistant Rufus  —  Condé Nast and Hearst have signed multi-year agreements with Amazon to license their content for use in its AI shopping assistant Rufus.
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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