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X’s new policy prevents companies from using posts to ‘fine-tune or train’ AI models
X’s new policy prevents companies from using posts to ‘fine-tune or train’ AI models

X has updated its developer agreement to add a new restriction on using posts on the platform to train AI. The updated policy, spotted earlier by TechCrunch, says developers can’t use content from X...

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Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’
Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’

After xAI’s chatbot Grok spent a few hours on Wednesday telling every X user that would listen that the claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious, the company has blamed the beha...

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xAI posts Grok’s behind-the-scenes prompts
xAI posts Grok’s behind-the-scenes prompts

xAI has published the system prompts for its AI chatbot Grok after an “unauthorized” change led to a slew of unprompted responses on X about white genocide. The company says it will publish its Gr...

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Grok really wanted people to know that claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly contentious
Grok really wanted people to know that claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly contentious

Grok, the AI model from Elon Musk’s xAI, was sending strange responses to people on X earlier on Wednesday. In responses to a number of people, Grok focused on debunking claims of white genocide in ...

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X fixed its broken notifications after an overnight outage
X fixed its broken notifications after an overnight outage

Some parts of the notification for X, formerly known as Twitter, have been down since Thursday afternoon, preventing users from getting an alert when certain accounts they follow have posted something...

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The DOGE days have just begun
The DOGE days have just begun

I once wondered whether law enforcement might stop Elon Musk's power grab. About a month ago, I got my answer: no.

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Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability
Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability

Elon Musk’s expansive portfolio of companies could avoid more than $2.37 billion in potential legal liability due to his unprecedented influence over the US government, a new Senate report finds.

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