xAI’s first AI companions on the Grok app are a lustful anime girl and a homicidal panda.

Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool’s existence and the risks it poses.

Nvidia announced Monday that it’s filing applications to restart sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, capping a spasmodic few months that saw the Trump administration impose restrictions, then quickly reverse course after a high-profile dinner meeting. The company expects to receive U.S. government licenses soon and begin deliveries shortly after, according to […]

Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are in a hurry to build their superintelligence tech. The company has been poaching AI researchers, while Zuckerberg announced on Monday that Meta is building a 5-gigawatt data center called Hyperion. The urgency is palpable. As SemiAnalysis reported last week and Business Insider noted, Meta is so eager to boost […]

Tesla has made its long-awaited entry into India with the opening of its first showroom in Mumbai.

Neighborhood social app Nextdoor is launching a redesigned version of its service that it’s calling the “new Nextdoor.”

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The British Business Bank, owned by the UK government, is creating a £500 million (around $674 million) economic package to help support diverse and underrepresented fund managers and founders in the country.  Fifty million pounds will be set aside for female-led venture funds, which means the BBB has now committed at least £100 million (around […]

One Elon Musk business might be making a big investment in another.

Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University.