A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has raised concerns about OpenAI’s financial sustainability, predicting the AI startup could deplete its capital reserves within the next year and a half, at which point it would be swallowed by another tech giant.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot will no longer allow users to sexualize images of real people by portraying their targets in revealing clothing, the company announced Wednesday evening, following global criticism over the tool’s usage as a “nudify” app to portray women and even children in sexual situations.
A 35-year-old man who set fire to a Tesla Cybertruck and attempted to burn down a Tesla dealership in Mesa, Arizona, has been sentenced to five years in prison followed by three years of probation.
Verizon customers across the United States experienced widespread service disruptions on Wednesday, with voice calling and mobile data access failing for several hours. The company has not disclosed what caused the outage, but law enforcement sources do not suspect a cyberattack.
Volvo has issued an urgent safety recall for its 2025 EX30 electric crossover after discovering that faulty high-voltage batteries supplied by a Chinese manufacturer could potentially short-circuit and catch fire.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is moving forward with plans to reduce its Reality Labs division workforce by approximately 10 percent, affecting more than 1,000 employees in the unit responsible for developing the company’s virtual reality and Metaverse products.
The father of a motorcyclist killed when a Tesla driver using the EV’s “Autopilot” feature struck him from behind has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Elon Musk’s electric car giant, claiming the company knowingly sold dangerous technology.
The FCC voted this week to close a loophole that allows criminals to more easily profit from stolen smartphones — fueling retail theft and strengthening organized crime networks involved in trafficking devices.
Eric Adams, the former mayor of New York City, is under fire from the crypto community following allegations of a “rug pull” scheme involving a newly launched memecoin he promoted.
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Microsoft will introduce significant changes to prevent American consumers from facing increased utility bills resulting from the company’s data center construction for AI operations. The President wrote that tech giants must “pay their own way” to power their data centers.
A senior State Department diplomatic official has indicated that Washington may take retaliatory action if British regulators move forward with potential plans to ban Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has removed approximately 550,000 user accounts across its platforms during the initial implementation phase of Australia’s new teen social media ban.
An investigation has revealed that Google’s “AI Overview,” found at the top of most searches, provided users with false and potentially harmful medical information when they searched for health-related information like what the results of a liver function test meant. The search giant has scrubbed AI Overviews off the web in the cases of medical misinformation researchers uncovered.
Sergey Brin has reportedly restructured multiple business entities in California, following a similar pattern established by his Google cofounder Larry Page, as the state prepares to vote on a proposed wealth tax targeting billionaires.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Health, a new feature that enables users to securely link their medical records and wellness applications to the AI-powered chatbot.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta revealed on Friday a comprehensive series of nuclear power agreements designed to supply electricity for its expanding AI infrastructure across the United States.
Facing a global backlash for Grok AI generating deepfake sexualized images of women and children, Elon Musk’s X platform has restricted access to Grok’s image editing capabilities to paying subscribers only.
A “serious medical condition” affecting one crew member aboard the International Space Station has prompted NASA to bring four astronauts back to Earth several months ahead of schedule, marking the first emergency return in 25 years of operations aboard the ISS.
Streaming giant Spotify has confirmed that recruitment advertisements for ICE are no longer appearing on its service, with the campaign having concluded in late 2025. Leftists suffered a collective meltdown in October when the company said the ads did not violate its terms and conditions.
The National Weather Service has withdrawn a wind forecast from its social media platforms after AI generated created fictitious town names including “Orangeotild” and “Whata Bod” on a map of Idaho.
Character.AI has agreed to settle multiple lawsuits that accused the artificial intelligence chatbot company of contributing to mental health crises and suicides among teenagers and young users.
A federal judge in California has rules that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman contains sufficient evidence to warrant a jury trial, rejecting attempts by OpenAI’s legal team to have the case dismissed.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has announced that Chinese demand for the company’s H200 advanced AI processors has reached high levels following the Trump administration’s approval of sales to China.
Google cofounder Larry Page has officially moved multiple business entities out of California, completing the transfers before a year-end deadline related to a proposed billionaire wealth tax in the state. Page is currently the second-richest person in the world.
Chinese EV giant BYD has outpaced Tesla in vehicle registrations across Europe’s two largest markets for plug-in electric vehicles during the past year, marking a significant shift in the competitive landscape. The Chinese company is now selling more EVs in both the UK and Germany than Elon Musk’s Tesla.
Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann Lecun has publicly questioned the appointment of Alexander Wang as the company’s new AI boss, raising concerns about potential talent retention issues for Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant.
AI chip giant Nvidia has announced a major expansion into autonomous vehicle technology with the launch of its new AI-powered platform for self-driving cars. The company is partnering with Mercedes-Benz to produce a driverless car in competition with Waymo, Tesla, and other tech giants. CEO Jensen Huang says, “Our vision is that someday, every single car, every single truck, will be autonomous.”
Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons, has revealed she is being subjected to “revenge porn” deepfakes created using the tech tycoon’s AI tool Grok, which posts the images on X. Musk has been under fire for a week over Grok acting as a “nudify” tool to manipulate images of women and even children into sexually explicit situations.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot, integrated into his X social media platform, has been generating sexualized images of women even when they forbid it from manipulating their images, raising serious concerns among users, experts, and international authorities. Musk took heat last week when Grok was generating sexualized images of minors, which his xAI company said was caused by “lapses in oversight.”
In an embarrassing incident highlighting the pitfalls of relying on artificial intelligence in law enforcement, the police department in Heber City, Utah, was forced to explain why a police report generated by AI claimed a responding officer had transformed into a frog.
Elon Musk’s Tesla EV deliveries fell 16 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same period in 2024, as the electric vehicle giant grapples with increasing competition worldwide, especially in China.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the AI company behind ChatGPT, is on the hunt for a new executive to lead its efforts in studying and preparing for potential safety risks associated with the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence technology.
“Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton believes AI will continue rapidly advancing in 2026, gaining the capability to replace a growing number of human jobs.
Boston’s once-thriving biotech sector is facing a major downturn as venture capital investment and government grants decline, leading to layoffs and dwindling job prospects.
Elon Musk’s xAI is facing criticism after its Grok chatbot generated and posted sexualized images of minors on social media platform X. Musk’s company claimed, “We’ve identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them. Child sexual abuse material is illegal and prohibited.”
Computer market research firm IDC has published a pessimistic update to its device market outlook, warning that PC shipments could shrink by up to nine percent in 2026 due to the intensifying global memory shortage as RAM prices skyrocket.
Australia’s social media ban barring children under 16 from using social media has sparked a global debate among parents about the need for similar measures in their own countries.
Low-quality AI-generated content is saturating YouTube, generating an estimated $117 million in revenue annually, according to new research. The study found that more than 20 percent of the videos shown to new users on the platform fall into the category of low effort posts popularly known as “AI slop,” with many channels posting content aimed at children.
Nvidia is racing to ramp up production of its advanced H200 AI chips as Chinese technology companies have placed orders for over 2 million units for 2026, far exceeding Nvidia’s current inventory of just 700,000 chips. The AI giant has turned to Taiwan’s TSMC to help meet Chinese demand.
Elon Musk’s Tesla has taken the “highly unusual” step of publishing analyst consensus delivery estimates ahead of announcing its critical fourth-quarter sales figures. Veteran Tesla watchers believe this signals a disappointing quarter for the tech tycoon’s EV company.
