First countries to block Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok

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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology.

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Elon Musk’s NSFW Grok AI chatbot is forcing countries to take this extreme step
Malaysia blocks Elon Musk’s Grok AI over fake, sexualised images
Britain Investigates Elon Musk’s X Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images
A British regulator said it had started a formal investigation into Mr. Musk’s chatbot over the spread of illegal images.

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Ofcom probing Elon Musk’s X over sexualised deepfake images of children & women – as UK considers ban over Grok scandal
Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
Hit Musk's X with 'full extent of law,' minister urges Ofcom as it starts probe into Grok sexual images storm
The government has threatened to ban social media site X due to the misuse of its AI tool, Grok, to generate sexualised images of children and women.

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Malaysia suspends access to Musk's Grok AI: regulator
Starmer rallies international support to take on Musk

Hegseth vows to develop military AI without 'woke' constraints

Hegseth has been outspoken about ridding the military of so-called 'woke' policies, including diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

McKinsey CEO Bob Sternfels says the firm now has 60,000 employees: 25,000 of them are AI agents

McKinsey & Company CEO Bob Sternfels says he wants every employee working alongside an AI agent within a year and a half.

Google’s corporate parent joins $4 trillion club as investors continue to bet on AI breakthroughs

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that’s become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms race.

AI can now 'see' optical illusions. What does it tell us about our own brains?

Our eyes can frequently play tricks on us, but scientists have discovered that some artificial intelligence can fall for the same illusions.
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Which countries are adopting AI the fastest?

Measuring the spread of AI is not straightforward. One method, used by researchers at Microsoft, is to identify the share of people who used Microsoft desktop devices to get access to AI tools—such as Chat GPT,

The AI-led borrowing frenzy could end up driving interest rates higher, Apollo's chief economist says

Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo, said rates could move higher as a surge in bond issuance pulls investors from the Treasury market.

The AI arms race in online reviews: How businesses are battling fake content

What was once a simple signal for trust has become a place where potential customers feel like they have to keep a watchful eye. Reviews, including star ratings and written testimonials, have been overtaken by generative AI,

AI is intensifying a 'collapse' of trust online, experts say

From Venezuela to Minneapolis, the rapid rollout of deepfakes around major news events is stirring confusion and suspicion about real news.
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