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Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer

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PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogynyDeepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or technology firms risk being blocked in the UK, Keir Starmer has said, calling it a “national emergency” that the government must confront.Companies could […]

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The Guardian view on AI: safety staff departures raise worries about industry pursuing profit at all costs | Editorial

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Cash-hungry Silicon Valley firms are scrambling for revenue. Regulate them now before the tech becomes too big to failHardly a month passes without an AI grandee cautioning that the technology poses an existential threat to humanity. Many of these warnings might be hazy or naive. Others may be self-interested. Calm, level-headed scrutiny is needed. Some

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Elon Musk’s xAI faces second lawsuit over toxic pollutants from datacenter

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NAACP alleges artificial intelligence firm is violating Clean Air Act and polluting Black communities in MississippiElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is facing a second lawsuit alleging it is illegally emitting toxic pollutants from its enormous datacenters, which house its supercomputers and run the chatbot Grok.The new pending suit alleges xAI is violating the Clean

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‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations

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Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacentersElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its datacenters with unpermitted gas turbines, an investigation by the Floodlight newsroom shows. Thermal footage captured by Floodlight via drone shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven,

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Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January

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Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say expertsElon Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on

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Yet another co-founder departs Elon Musk’s xAI

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xAI co-founder Tony Wu abruptly announced his resignation from the company late Monday night, the latest in a string of senior executives to leave the Grok-maker in recent months. In a post on social media, Wu expressed warm feelings for his time at xAI, but said it was “time for my next chapter.” The current

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Why has Elon Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup?

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SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI creates business worth $1.25tn but whether premise behind deal will work is questionedThe acquisition of xAI by SpaceX is a typical Elon Musk deal: big numbers backed by big ambition.As well as extending “the light of consciousness to the stars”, as Musk described it, the transaction creates a business worth $1.25tn

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Elon Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content

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Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of XSpain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk.The government is preparing a series of measures including

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X office raided in France’s Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning

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French law enforcement authorities today raided X’s Paris office and summoned Elon Musk for questioning as part of an investigation into illegal content. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said the yearlong probe was recently expanded because the Grok chatbot was disseminating Holocaust-denial claims and sexually explicit deepfakes. Europol, which is assisting French authorities, said today

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Elon Musk is taking SpaceX’s minority shareholders for a ride | Nils Pratley

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Merger with loss-making xAI looks to some investors more like a bailout than a rocket trip to the futureElon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuationTo Elon Musk’s fan club, there is nothing to see apart from more evidence of the great man’s visionary genius. SpaceX, the rocket firm, is buying xAI, the artificial

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