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DeepSeek AI Researchers Introduce Engram: A Conditional Memory Axis For Sparse LLMs

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Transformers use attention and Mixture-of-Experts to scale computation, but they still lack a native way to perform knowledge lookup. They re-compute the same local patterns again and again, which wastes depth and FLOPs. DeepSeek’s new Engram module targets exactly this gap by adding a conditional memory axis that works alongside MoE rather than replacing it. […]

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Elon Musk’s Grok made the world less safe – his humiliating backdown gives me hopium | Van Badham

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The AI chatbot’s torrent of nonconsensual deepfakes isn’t its first scandal and won’t be its last. Responsible governments should simply ban itGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBillionaire and career Bond-villain cosplayer Elon Musk has been forced by public backlash into a humiliating backdown over use of his AI chatbot, Grok.

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xAI restricts Grok chatbot after sexualised AI images spark global concern

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Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has imposed limits on its Grok chatbot’s image editing capabilities after hyper-realistic sexualised images — including depictions of minors — circulated online. The restrictions apply to all users, including paid subscribers, and block image generation in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.

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California attorney general investigates Musk’s Grok AI over lewd fake images

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AI tool made by Elon Musk’s xAI makes it easy to harass women with deepfake images, says state’s top attorneyCalifornia authorities have announced an investigation into the output of Elon Musk’s Grok.The state’s top attorney said Grok, an AI tool and image generator made by Musk’s company xAI, appears to be making it easy to

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Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

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Musk attempts to recast AI tool’s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunesHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. Today, we discuss Elon Musk’s rosy depiction of Grok’s image generation controversy; the seven-figure panic among Silicon Valley billionaires over a

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X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images

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New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual imagesElon Musk’s X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law, after nearly a fortnight of public outcry at the use of its AI

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Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

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AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on XElon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by xAI’s Grok, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide.“I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally

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Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem | Nana Nwachukwu

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Big tech companies cannot be trusted. It is not enough that they remove harm when they find it – the law must make their systems prevent harmOn X, a woman posts a photo in a sari, and within minutes, various users are underneath the post tagging Grok to strip her down to a bikini. It

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My work went from air-conditioned offices to delivering food on a bike. The culture shock is significant | David Rayfield

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The plan was to get on a bicycle to earn some money. It wasn’t to get hit by cars, thumped by skinheads or to see my surroundings in a whole new lightGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAt first I didn’t realise I’d been punched. I’m not sure why my brain assumed a bird had

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