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Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show gen AI tampered with ‘at will’

Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show gen AI tampered with ‘at will’

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images In the two-plus years since generative artificial intelligence took the the world by storm following the public release of ChatGPT, trust has been a perpetual problem. Hallucinations, bad math and cultural biases have plagued results, reminding users that there’s a limit to how much we can rely … Read more

Trump says Comey 8647 post called for assassination

Trump says Comey 8647 post called for assassination

A combination of file photos shows President Donald Trump in the White House, April 9, 2018, and former FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 8, 2017. Reuters President Donald Trump said Friday that former FBI Director James Comey was “calling for the assassination of the president” in a since-deleted social media … Read more

Musk’s xAI Grok white genocide posts violated ‘core values’

Musk’s xAI Grok white genocide posts violated ‘core values’

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI on Thursday evening made its first public comment about the latest controversy surrounding Grok, writing in a post on X that an “unauthorized modification” caused the chatbot to generate variations of a “specific response on a political topic.” That controversial topic was “white genocide” … Read more

Cerebras CEO says chipmaker’s ‘aspiration’ is to hold IPO in 2025

Cerebras CEO says chipmaker’s ‘aspiration’ is to hold IPO in 2025

Toronto , Canada – 20 June 2024; Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks at the Collision conference in Toronto on June 20, 2024. Ramsey Cardy | Sportsfile | Collision | Getty Images Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman said his hope is to take his company public in 2025 now that the chipmaker has … Read more

Dallas Mavericks paid $33 million over 3 years by Chime for patch

Dallas Mavericks paid  million over 3 years by Chime for patch

Klay Thompson #31 of the Dallas Mavericks handles the ball during the game against the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2025 SoFi Play-In Tournament on April 18, 2025 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. Joe Murphy | National Basketball Association | Getty Images Chime Financial paid the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks roughly $33 million over three years to … Read more

Coinbase jumps 24% after S&P 500 inclusion

Coinbase jumps 24% after S&P 500 inclusion

Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks during the Messari Mainnet summit in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coinbase shares soared 24% on Tuesday, their sharpest rally since the day after President Donald Trump’s election victory, following the crypto exchange’s inclusion in the … Read more

Tech’s strong ad sales are starting to crack from Trump’s trade war

Tech’s strong ad sales are starting to crack from Trump’s trade war

Mark Zuckerberg arrives before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States takes place inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Kenny Holston | Via Reuters The digital advertising market was sunny enough for investors this past quarter, providing what could … Read more

Pinterest Q1 earnings report 2025

Pinterest Q1 earnings report 2025

Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Pinterest shares rose 15% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported first-quarter earnings and provided better-than-expected guidance. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG: Revenue: $855 … Read more

AppLovin shares pop on earnings beat, mobile gaming business sale

AppLovin shares pop on earnings beat, mobile gaming business sale

Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images AppLovin shares soared as high as 15% in extended trading after the company reported earnings and revenue that beat expectations and announced the sale of its mobile gaming business. Here’s how the company did compared to LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings: $1.67 per share vs $1.45 … Read more

OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidgi Simo as head of applications

OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidgi Simo as head of applications

Fidji Simo, chief executive officer of Instacart Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 3, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI said late Wednesday that it’s tapped Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as the head of its applications business, reporting to CEO Sam … Read more