X has abruptly restricted Grok’s image generation feature to paying subscribers only. The move follows intense UK government scrutiny over the AI’s ability to create non-consensual “undressed” images, with ministers openly discussing a total ban on the platform.
Private equity giant KKR has more than quadrupled its money on its bet on OneStream Inc. The firm expects the huge return following the company’s agreement to be sold to Hg for $6.4 billion.
io9, via Gizmodo, is featuring a new short story from Lightspeed Magazine. “Mother’s Hip” by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff is a bleak, emotional tale of a transformed veteran of Amazon’s rainforest wars.
The AI race is showing two wildly different playbooks. OpenAI is launching a flurry of consumer products, while Anthropic remains fixated on a single, monumental goal. Which approach will win?
Meta is buying AI startup Manus for over $2 billion, a deal now under review by Beijing. It underscores a stark reality: US venture capital funding dwarfs China’s, pushing startups to relocate.
In a response to a recent essay, professors Daniel Sargent and Will Fithian push back against the idea that universities should abandon neutrality. They argue that institutional statements, like UC’s on the Dobbs case, are a hollow overreach that damages academic credibility.
A new report suggests Apple’s upcoming high-end chips will compete directly with NVIDIA for TSMC’s advanced packaging capacity. This bottleneck could push Apple to diversify its chipmaking partners, with Intel’s 18A-P process already being evaluated for 2027. The fight for manufacturing resources is
A new exploit chain called “ZombieAgent” shows how ChatGPT’s latest features can be twisted to make indirect prompt injection attacks more dangerous. While OpenAI has implemented a patch, experts argue the fundamental vulnerability of AI agents to simple conversational manipulation remains wide open
A new device at CES 2026 is claiming the title of world’s smallest mini PC while packing serious AI power. The Tiiny AI Pocket Lab fits in your hand, runs models locally for privacy, and will hit Kickstarter soon at $1,399.
Cybercriminals are now abusing Google’s own workflow tools to send phishing emails that pass security checks. The emails come from a real @google.com address and lead to fake login pages designed to steal your credentials.
