Lauren Southern, the Canadian YouTuber who was once a rising star on the far right thanks to her hardline anti-immigrant and anti-feminist views but later retreated from the scene, has alleged in her new self-published memoir, This Is Not Real Life , that she was sexually assaulted by embattled misogynist …
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There’s never a dull moment with Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk‘s xAI, which he has consistently called the “smartest” AI in existence despite its forays into racial conspiracy theories, tendency to speak in the first person as Musk himself, and recent output of what it termed “Hitler fanfic.” Last …
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Undeterred by the previous iteration of his “anti-woke” AI chatbot Grok running amok on X on Tuesday, adopting Nazi talking points, declaring itself “MechaHitler,” and authoring graphic scenes of violent sexual assault, Elon Musk oversaw a muted demo of the latest version of the model, Grok 4, on Wednesday evening. …
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Amidst a turbulent year of sociocultural and political strife, Variety and Rolling Stone have announced the lineup for the fifth annual Truth Seekers Summit, a daylong event on Aug. 14 in New York, spotlighting the most influential voices shaping the future of news, documentaries and cultural commentary. Held in partnership …
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Christian Horner, the Formula 1 stalwart and one of the star figures in the Netflix series Drive to Survive, has been sacked as team principal and CEO of Red Bull Racing. The decision comes as Red Bull tries to navigate one of its most challenging seasons in several years as …
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Linda Yaccarino has announced that she is stepping down as the CEO of Elon Musk’s X after two years at the helm of the social media platform, previously known as Twitter. Announcing her exit Wednesday morning, July 9, Yaccarino wrote, “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for …
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On Tuesday, Elon Musk‘s Grok chatbot ran wild on X, posting antisemitic comments, praising Adolf Hitler, and eventually referring to itself as “MechaHitler” before its ability to respond to users on the platform was disabled. The incident — apparently the result of a system prompt to “not shy away from …
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On Monday, the Justice Department and FBI released a joint memo aimed at putting the saga of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to rest. It described how an exhaustive investigation had led to the same conclusions we’ve heard before: Epstein died by suicide in a prison cell in 2019 …
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The trials and tribulations of Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk‘s tech company xAI and integrated into X, his social media platform, continued this week as the model suddenly started spewing hate speech about Jewish people. It also proclaimed that Adolf Hitler would “spot the pattern” of Jews’ …
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At least 100 people have died, including more than two dozen campers and counselors from an all-girls Christian summer camp, in the floods that devastated central Texas over the July Fourth weekend. The deluge that ripped through the Texas Hill Country is already considered one of the deadliest floods in …
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