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SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
SpaceXAI’s Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users’ entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositories, “including files it was told not to open…
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Lucid Motors denies report it’s considering bankruptcy
The company said the “rumors are completely false” after its stock sank more than 50% on a report that it was weighing the option.
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How BBC Studios’ CEO Thinks About Mega-Mergers Reshaping the Media Landscape
“They mean we’re going to have fewer customers, which is troubling. But it may lead to stronger customers, which is good news,” says Tom Fussell in a wide-ranging interview.
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PlayStation Hit With $427M Lawsuit Over Physical Media Backlash
As PlayStation fans revolt against the company over its plans to kill physical media, a new lawsuit could cost Sony half a billion dollars.
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Sony Faces Anti-Trust Lawsuit From Mexican Lawmakers Over Its Decision to End Production of Physical Games
Lawmakers in Mexico are set to file an anti-trust complaint against Sony due to the company’s controversial decision to stop printing physical games starting January 2028.
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Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training
Group of major publishers accuses the tech giant of ‘one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history’ A group of major publishers have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of illegally using millions of copyrighted books to help build its Gemini artificial intelligence models, in “one of the most prolific…
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‘The Plague’ Exec Producer James Presson Boards Frontières Biopic Parody ‘Humpty: American Dream’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Producer James Presson (“The Plague”) has boarded “Humpty: American Dream,” a raunchy biopic parody from directors Maxwell Nalevansky and Carl Fry (“Rats!”), who are producing through their U.S. company Pleasure Cinemagroup. The news falls ahead of the project’s debut at the Fantasia International Film Festival’s Frontières Co-Production Market, held July 22–25 in Montreal. “Our main…
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DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI “standards body” modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.
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Nintendo’s Switch 2 bundle that includes a game is $50 off
Discounts on the Nintendo Switch 2 are rare, but they do happen on occasion. There’s one happening now, actually, on the company’s $499.99 console bundle that includes a digital game (Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokémon Pokopia). Usually, the bundle saves you $20 or $30, depending on the game you choose, but for…
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Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs
A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data collected by a “constellation” of internal AI tools,…