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Teens sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s AI-generated CSAM

Three Tennessee teens are suing Elon Musk's xAI over claims that the company's Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized images and videos of themselves as minors, as reported earlier by The Washington Post. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed on Monday, accuses Musk and other xAI leaders of knowing that Grok would produce AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) when launching its "spicy mode" last year. The plaintiffs include two minors and an adult who was underage when the events i...

This is a really big deal

This is a really big deal. Subagent support in Codex means more ambitious tasks can be accomplished autonomously, and difficult tasks get done even faster. https:// x.com/OpenAIDevs/sta /OpenAIDevs/status/2033636701848174967 …

Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone

Deepfake rumors started after social media users claimed Netanyahu is depicted in this video with six fingers on his right hand (seen left). | Image: Israel Government Press Office Social media platforms are currently awash with conspiracy theories claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu has been killed or injured and replaced by AI-generated deepfakes. Between clips that supposedly show the Israeli prime minister sporting extra fingers and drinking from a bottomless, gravity-defying cup of coffee...

Mistral Small 4

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Grok's Text to Speech API is now available

Grok's Text to Speech API is now available. Start building with natural voices and expressive controls to bring your apps to life. http:// x.ai/api/voice#text -to-speech …

Try ZeroTrain

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gpt-5.4 has ramped faster than any other model we've launched in the API: within a week of launch, 5T tokens per day, handling more volume than our entire API one year ago, and reaching an annualiz...

gpt-5.4 has ramped faster than any other model we've launched in the API: within a week of launch, 5T tokens per day, handling more volume than our entire API one year ago, and reaching an annualized run rate of $1B in net-new revenue. it's a good model, try it out!

Musk Admits xAI Was Built Wrong and Is Reconstructing It From Scratch Using SpaceX Infrastructure

Elon Musk said xAI was not built correctly the first time and is now being rebuilt from the foundation up, framing the reconstruction as a strategic reset rather than a defensive move. The effort is underpinned by xAI's merger with SpaceX, which added significant compute and engineering capacity to the AI lab. Musk said he expects the combination of a cleaner architecture and SpaceX's infrastructure edge to let xAI catch up with competitors this year — a bet that the rebuild can outpace the pace at which OpenAI and other labs are shipping.