Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

The California attorney general has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI after its chatbot Grok began generating nonconsensual sexual images of real women and even children.

Trump’s EPA plans to ignore health affects of air pollution

The Trump administration is planning to stop assigning value to human life when analyzing the costs and benefits of air pollution controls.

Meta hires former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair

Before joining Meta, Powell McCormick was working as deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump.

Google co-founders may be leaving California

Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

Nvidia’s reportedly asking Chinese customers to pay upfront for its H200 AI chips

Nvidia is now requiring its customers in China to pay upfront in full for its H200 AI chips even as approval Stateside and from Beijing remains uncertain.

Larry Page loosens business ties to CA amid state’s proposed wealth tax, report

Larry Page is reportedly moving assets out of California over concern the state will vote in a tax on billionaires.

California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys

“Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill to ban AI chatbots in toys until safety regulations are developed.  

Offshore wind developers sue Trump administration for halting $25B in projects

The lawsuits seek to reverse the Department of the Interior’s stop-work order which affected five offshore wind projects off the Eastern Seaboard.

French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes

France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.