Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws
Kalshi lost an attempt to override New York’s state gambling laws yesterday, with a federal judge rejecting the prediction market operator’s request to prevent enforcement of the rules. Kalshi is…
Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself
One of the most horrific cases of allegedly Grok-generated child sex images was shared in a proposed class action lawsuit that was expanded Tuesday. Now, young girls not only accuse…
"We cannot choose to become idiots": The AI cheating scandal roiling Brown University
Ivy League college students are, by definition, intelligent. They don’t need to use generative AI to cheat on exams; they could just learn the material. But they also tend to…
Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic
Earlier this week, a picture seemed to show Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in a state of extreme distress. It turned out to be…
Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major US expansion
Manna is launching a U.S. operations and manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that will eventually employ 1,000 people.
With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
The race to produce more chips is on, and Europe is in. ASML, the Dutch company that has a near-monopoly on manufacturing the machines used for chipmaking, may soon no…
Get a $30 credit when you reserve Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy phones
Even though they haven’t been officially announced yet, Samsung is giving you a chance to save some cash when you preorder what we’re expecting to be the brand’s updated Galaxy…
This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
General Intuition is betting millions of hours of video game data can train the foundation models for physical AI, making it easier to build smarter robots with minimal real-world data.
Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected
X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an update aimed at addressing criticism that the platform’s crowdsourced fact-checking system…
SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’
Elon Musk’s tech company released the newest version of Grok on Wednesday, promising a cheaper, more efficient alternative to other powerful AI models.















