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OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models Are Coming to the US Military

When OpenAI unveiled its first open-weight models in years this August, it wasn’t just tech companies that were paying attention. The release also excited US military and defense contractors, which saw a...

Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data

Some US tech giants are abandoning their decade-long practice of publishing statistics about the gender and racial makeup of their workforce. Google, which helped pioneer the release of annual diversity, equity, and...

X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say

A recent, hours-long fire at a data center used by Elon Musk’s X may have begun after an electrical or mechanical issue in a power system, according to an official fire investigation.WIRED...

Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4 Amid Controversy Over Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts

Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled Grok 4, the latest AI model from xAI, his multibillion-dollar initiative to rival OpenAI and Google. Without citing detailed evidence, Musk claimed that the model aces standardized...

Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom’

Microsoft and OpenAI are planning to announce Tuesday that they are helping to launch an AI training center for members of the second-largest teachers’ union in the US, according to details about...

GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in Three US States—But Not for Ride-Hailing

Cruise robotaxis are back on the road… well, kind of. Though General Motors pulled the plug on its self-driving taxi business last year, the automaker has been quietly repurposing a few of...

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

US attorney general Pam Bondi has told at least 10 tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, that they have “incurred no liability” for supporting TikTok despite the federal ban on...

eBay and Vestiaire Collective Want an Exemption from Trump’s Tariffs

Last month, Suzanne Smith-Darley felt fantastic. She had just bought a used Chanel handbag from a Japanese seller on eBay for $800—a steal compared to the original asking price of $1,400. About...

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