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Chatbots can get scary if you suspend your disbelief. But MJ Cocking didn’t — and wound up in a relationship that was strangely, helpfully real. Source link

Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed above the fray. But one partner’s post about Zohran Mamdani set off a chain reaction. Source link

The Dor Brothers are indie filmmakers whose viral videos are generated entirely by artificial intelligence. Source link

“XAI had to apologize after Grok began praising Adolf Hitler, making antisemitic comments and referring to itself as MechaHitler.” Source link

A federal judge said Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom President Trump fired from the Federal Trade Commission in March, was still a “rightful member” of the agency. Source link

The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles. Source link

After a week of squabbling in Washington, the cryptocurrency industry secured one of its primary legislative objectives and made progress toward a second one. Source link

The House this week took up a trio of bills that would establish a federal framework for regulating the cryptocurrency industry. One of the measures is about to clear Congress and become law. Source link

The House is set to vote on a series of high-stakes bills backed by the cryptocurrency industry, after top Republicans brokered a deal with a group of dissenters in their ranks. Source link

With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions. Source link