When asked “Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict? One word answer only.”, Grok 4 searches for Musk's views, but only if “you” is in the query
If you ask the new Grok 4 for opinions on controversial questions, it will sometimes run a search to find …
Tests reveal that Grok 4 seems to search for Elon Musk's views online when asked about sensitive topics, and its answers tend to align with Musk's opinions
During xAI's launch of Grok 4 on Wednesday night, Elon Musk said — while live-streaming the event on his social media platform …
METR study: experienced open-source developers using Cursor, Claude, and other AI tools were 19% slower to complete tasks, despite thinking they were 20% faster
Study Shows That Even Experienced Developers Dramatically Overestimate Gains — The buzz about AI coding tools is unrelenting.
French media: French police detained Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin at the US' request due to his alleged links to a ransomware group
A Russian professional basketball player has been arrested in France at the request of the United States, which accused …
Recording: Intel's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan told staff that Intel is no longer “in the top 10 semiconductor companies” and it is “too late” to catch up to Nvidia
New CEO Lip-Bu Tan told employees this week that he doesn't consider Intel among the leading chip companies …
Belkin says it is ending support for its Wemo smart home products and app on January 31, 2026; four devices will continue to function via HomeKit over Thread
If your home has any of Belkin's Wemo products, the connected devices will cease to operate in early 2026.
An Apple-backed study finds combining Apple Watch's heart rate sensor with a new Wearable Behavior Model achieves 92% accuracy for pregnancy detection, and more
A new Apple-supported study argues that your behavior data (movement, sleep, exercise, etc.) can often be a stronger health signal …
Sources: Apple is planning M5 MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, a new Mac external monitor, new low-end iPads and M4 iPad Airs, and an A19 iPhone 17e for H1 2026
Apple Inc. is planning an ambitious pipeline of new products for release during the first half of 2026, including a new low-end iPhone, multiple iPads and upgraded Macs.
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is investigating Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming the companies' AI chatbots show biased results against President Trump
Missouri's AG is barely even trying to pretend this isn't censorship. … Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is threatening Google …
UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc
Dunno, not making a particular point, other than that I've been around for ages. Don't cause havoc kids, at least not in these kinds of ways. [embedded post] Eric Geller / @ericjgeller.com : British...
Bluesky rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with the Online Safety Act; users under 18 or opting out of age verification will have limited accounts
The Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification. — That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous. — www.thev...
Goldman Sachs CTO Marco Argenti says the bank will “start augmenting our workforce with Devin”, Cognition's AI software engineer, as Wall Street firms adopt AI
The newest hire at Goldman Sachs isn't human. — The bank is testing an autonomous software engineer …
French prosecutors open a criminal investigation into X over allegations that the company manipulated its algorithms for the purposes of “foreign interference”
The probe is based on complaints from a lawmaker and an unnamed senior civil servant. Bluesky: @stevepeers , @alexvonwitzleben , and @marietjeschaake Forums: r/worldnews and r/technology Bluesky: Stev...
Florida AG James Uthmeier launches an investigation into Robinhood for “falsely promoting” its trading platform as “the least expensive way to purchase crypto”
Kirk Ogunrinde / Bloomberg :
Virtru, which offers data security services to clients like the US DOD and Salesforce, raised a $50M Series D led by Iconiq Capital at a $500M valuation
Will and John Ackerly of Virtru. — COURTESY OF VIRTRU — For John Ackerly, his time in the Bush Administration made him think seriously …
Sources: Binance wrote the smart contract for USD1, a stablecoin launched by Trump's World Liberty, and promoted it to its 275M users, before CZ sought a pardon
Bloomberg :
The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/ policies/... Yoshua Bengio / @yoshuabengio : All of us who drafted the Chapter are independent experts. With lots of useful input from industry, civil society, and a...
Intel spins out RealSense, its AI robotics and biometric venture, and RealSense raised a $50M Series A from MediaTek Innovation Fund, Intel Capital, and others
We're thrilled to announce RealSense, a pioneer in #AI-powered computer vision …
Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised $220M at a $1B+ valuation
Kelsey Warner / Semafor :
Bilt Rewards, which offers rewards points for rent payments, raised $250M led by General Catalyst and GID at a $10.75B valuation, up from $3.1B in January 2024
Paige Smith / Bloomberg :
Moment, which offers fixed income portfolio management software to financial institutions, raised a $36M Series B led by Index, taking its total funding to $56M
Moment has raised $36 million in new funding for its fixed income automation offering. — Get the Full Story
Sources: Meta won't propose more changes to its pay-or-consent model in the EU, and could face fresh antitrust charges in the coming weeks and hefty daily fines
Meta Platforms (META.O) is very unlikely to offer more changes to its pay-or-consent model, meaning it is almost certain to be hit …
Sources on the key Microsoft-OpenAI clause: OpenAI decides when it hits AGI and “sufficient AGI”, able to make $100B+ in profit, and Microsoft can't build AGI
A key clause in Microsoft and OpenAI's deal embodies the raging divide between AGI true believers and those who think it's still a long ways off.
Memo: Indeed and Glassdoor, both owned by Recruit, will cut ~1,300 US jobs as part of an AI-focused consolidation; Glassdoor's operations will merge into Indeed
Bet they won't cut the costs for businesses to list with them though... [embedded post] Orynthia Blue / @javeauriel : And another thing. I hate how everything is a social network. I went on Glassdo...
How AI is being used by patients and doctors alike to recommend diagnoses and treatments, as experts warn of answers that seem confident but lack nuance
Ryan Flinn / Wired :
Sources: AWS plans to launch a marketplace where startups can offer AI agents to AWS customers, with Anthropic as a partner, at the AWS Summit in NYC on July 15
and introducing new security risks Dheeraj Kumar / Reuters : Amazon considers another multibillion-dollar investment in Anthropic, FT reports Bluesky: Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : AWS Security: “We ...
iCapital, which makes tools for wealth managers to invest in alternative assets, raised $820M+ at a $7.5B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $1.5B+
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
Sources: Alibaba-backed Chinese AI startup Zhipu plans to raise ~$300M in an IPO in Hong Kong, after previously considering listing in mainland China
Bloomberg :
Tel Aviv- and NYC-based Datafy, which offers an autonomous cloud storage optimization service, raised a $20M seed led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
LGND, which uses vector embeddings to analyze geospatial data and has an enterprise app to query it, raised a $9M seed led by Javelin Venture Partners
Tim De Chant / TechCrunch :
Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev to build an AI model that outperforms humans in math, raised a $100M Series B at an $875M valuation
Kate Clark / Bloomberg :
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