Monthly Archives: January, 2026

French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes

Over the previous few days, France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of ladies and minors. The chatbot, constructed by Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI and featured on his social media platform X, posted...

Subtle releases ear buds with its noise cancelation models

Voice AI startup Delicate, which creates voice isolation fashions to have computer systems perceive you higher in loud environments, immediately launched a brand new pair of wi-fi earbuds that assist customers sound clear in calls and get clear transcription...

Tech billionaires cashed out $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soared

Whereas tech shares had been busy setting data in 2025, the executives behind these corporations had been equally busy turning their paper fortunes into precise money — greater than $16 billion price, based on Bloomberg’s evaluation of insider buying...

How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor’s CEO

Three-year-old startup Mercor has change into a $10 billion intermediary in AI’s knowledge gold rush. The corporate connects AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic with former workers of Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and white-shoe legislation corporations, paying them as much as $200 an hour to...

India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content

India has ordered Elon Musk’s X to make quick technical and procedural adjustments to its AI chatbot Grok after customers and lawmakers flagged the technology of “obscene” content material, together with AI-altered photos of girls created utilizing the software. On...

In 2026, AI will move from hype to pragmatism

If 2025 was the yr AI received a vibe verify, 2026 would be the yr the tech will get sensible. The main focus is already shifting away from constructing ever-larger language fashions and in the direction of the tougher...

European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold

Europe’s banking sector is about to get a troublesome lesson about effectivity. Based on a brand new Morgan Stanley evaluation reported by the Monetary Instances, greater than 200,000 European banking jobs may vanish by 2030 as lenders lean into...

OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens

OpenAI is betting large on audio AI, and it’s not nearly making ChatGPT sound higher. In accordance with new reporting from The Data, the corporate has unified a number of engineering, product, and analysis groups over the previous two...

‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential

Though iconic founders like Steve Jobs, Invoice Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg famously didn’t end school, a number of research present that the overwhelming majority of profitable startups had founders with bachelor’s or graduate levels. Regardless of this knowledge, the attraction of a...

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Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “extra unhinged,” based on a former worker who spoke...