Musk's xAI Unveils Grok 4, Frontier AI Model with Premium Access
Elon Musk's AI company xAI launches Grok 4, its latest flagship AI model boasting frontier performance, alongside a $300 monthly SuperGrok Heavy subscription for early premium access.
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Ex-Meta AI Researcher Exposes Culture of Fear and Dysfunction
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Luma AI Unveils Dream Lab LA, Empowering Hollywood with AI Video Generation
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Media Giants Hearst, Condé Nast License Content to Amazon's AI Shopping Assistant Rufus
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McDonald's AI Hiring Bot Exposed 64 Million Job Applicants' Data
A vulnerability in McDonald's AI hiring chatbot McHire exposes personal data of 64 million job applicants before being swiftly fixed by the fast-food giant after researchers' notification.
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Major Tech Companies Join Forces with Teachers' Unions to Launch $23M AI Academy
Major tech giants Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic partner with teachers' unions AFT and UFT to launch a $23 million National Academy for AI Instruction, providing free training and curriculum to empower 1.8 million educators in integrating AI into classrooms across the United States.