Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok appeared to experience a bug that caused it to reply to dozens of posts on X with information about “white genocide” in South Africa, even when the user didn’t ask anything about the subject. Via [@Techcrunch]( ). #Grok #AI #X #Twitter #ElonMusk #Tech #Technology
Nvidia stock rose as U.S. chipmakers announced billions of dollars' worth of deals with Saudi Arabia. Read more at [@YahooFinance]( ), #Nvidia #Microchip #SaudiArabia #Humain #Tech #Technology
The Kids Online Safety Act, a bill imposing sweeping obligations on tech platforms to protect children that use them, has been revived in the Senate after a failed sprint to become law late last year. Read more at [@theverge]( ). #KOSA #OnlineSafety #Tech #Technology
According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Gen Z isn’t just using ChatGPT to finish homework or settle trivia debates — they’re using it to make actual life decisions. Read more at [@quartz]( ). #OpenAI #ChatGPT #GenZ #Tech #AI #Technology
What a decade of data tells us about the state of open source security, via [@TechRadar]( ). #OpenSource #CyberSecurity #OSSRA #Tech #Technology
General Motors is implementing groundbreaking new battery tech that not only has 30 percent more energy density at the existing production cost for cells, but would also circumvent China's stranglehold on intellectual property for EV batteries. Read more at [@WIRED]( ) (subscription may be required). #EV #ElectricVehicles #BatteryTech #China #Tech #Technology
Google is updating its icon for the first time in a decade, so that there are no longer four solid color sections. Via [@9to5google]( ). #Google #Branding #Logo #Tech #Technology
Even as a new deal between China and the U.S. rolls back high tariffs for the next 90 days, Apple reportedly has plans to raise iPhone prices later this year, whether tariffs rise again or not. Via [@cnet]( ). #Apple #Tariffs #China #iPhone #Tech #Technology
OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a high-stakes negotiation designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to launch a future IPO. Read more at [@financialtimes]( ) (subscription may be required). #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Microsoft #Tech #Technology #IPO
How will human workers fit into the AI-powered world they’re creating? Amazon offered a hint of one sort of path earlier this week when it announced major progress toward replacing warehouse workers with robots with its new Vulcan robot that can “feel.” [@Techcrunch]( ) has more: #Tech #AI #Amazon #Jobs #Humans