Grok Chatbot’s ‘White Genocide’ Responses Blamed on xAI Employee
Grok, the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing the responses about South Africa to unrelated questions. Source link
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Trump’s Billion-Dollar Tech Deals, and a Military Buildup at the Border
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OpenAI Unveils Codex, a New Tool for Computer Programmers
The tool, Codex, will be able to handle multiple tasks at the same time, the company said. OpenAI is also in talks to acquire a coding tool called Windsurf for $3 billion. Source link
Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills
Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found. Source link
Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions
A star of “The Office” comes to our office to answer your most pressing questions about tech. Source link
Silicon Valley’s Elusive Fantasy of a Computer as Smart as You
The titans of the tech industry say artificial intelligence will soon match the powers of humans’ brains. Are they underestimating us? Source link
Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created. Source link
Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued.
The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat. Source link
Colorado Air Traffic Controllers Lost Contact With Some Airplanes Monday
Controllers switched frequencies and planes were “safely separated,” officials said. The 90-second outage on Monday followed communications problems at Newark airport. Source link
Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
Federal agencies say that by axing the funding they are protecting the First Amendment. Critics see it as stifling scientific inquiry into sources of harmful online content. Source link