Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools
xAI’s first AI companions on the Grok app are a lustful anime girl and a homicidal panda.
The Chainsmokers’ Mantis Ventures closes $100M third fund
The fund brings Mantis’ assets under management to $225 million.
Amazon’s Kuiper satellites to get boost from rival SpaceX
Amazon is looking to its main competitor to get its next batch of Kuiper satellites to orbit.
US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion
Cameron Wagenius had already pleaded guilty to other charges earlier this year.
A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there
A senior engineer describes the thrill, chaos, and exhaustion of working at OpenAI this past year while launching its coding agent Codex.
Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content
The tech giant fixed the security flaw, netting a security researcher $10,000 for privately disclosing the bug.
Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines
As publishers fret about decreased traffic from Google, the search giant has begun rolling out AI summaries in Discover, the main news feed inside Google’s search app on iOS and Android. Now, instead of seeing a
AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI
Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski said the move is meant to help bolster his company’s ranks with like-minded talent and complimentary technology.
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says that her new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, was valued at $12 billion in its seed round.
Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month
Lucid Motors joins the likes of Ford, General Motors, and Tesla in offering an advanced driver assistance system that allows for hands-free driving.