WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and reports issued on Thursday by cybersecurity companies Gambit Sec…
Elon Musk claimed he was aware of “literally zero” CSAM content created through Grok. A new lawsuit from thousands of real victims say the model was trained on their child abuse.
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Earlier this month I noted that Elon Musk’s Starlink is giving very unsubtle indications that the company wants to jump into the wireless business. I also noted that there’s a very long list of reasons why this isn’t likely to go well for him, ranging from the extremely high cost of network build-ou…
I’ve spent the better part of a lifetime studying and writing about the way corrupted lawmakers and U.S. telecom giants work hand in hand to erode U.S. broadband standards and mapping so they can obscure the way corruption and monopoly result in limited broadband competition — resulting in shitty, e…
Emerging from the chaos of supplying the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, the War Department sought to foster domestic production of standardized muskets. Out of this industrial project arose an invention that laid the foundation for automation and mass production. Thomas Blanchard’s copying lathe …
While the global economy generates unprecedented wealth for plutocrats like Elon Musk, it is, by design, highly unequal, dangerously over-indebted, prone to recurring financial crises, and ecologically disastrous. In such a context, radical reforms will be needed, beginning with the rejection of mon…
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have muscled their way back into AI's elite ranks, defying early obituaries to close the gap on a new generation of Silicon Valley startups.Why it matters: Recent gains by tech giants SpaceX and Meta — long stuck in AI's second tier — are putting new pressure on a hiera…
Errol Musk says far-right activist is ‘a fine young man’ and held meetings with Russian business figuresElon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, according to the billionaire X owner’s father, who was with the British far-right activist in Moscow as he encouraged anti-migration pr…
Elon Musk s’en est pris au choix de Christopher Nolan de faire jouer Hélène de Troie par une comédienne noire, Lupita Nyong’o, dans son adaptation du classique d’Homère. Un choix qui reflète pourtant la pluralité ethnique au sein du monde antique, décrite par les travaux universitaires, mais que le …
Elon Musk's SpaceXAI is launching Grok 4.5, its smartest model yet, and its first release since going public and acquiring the AI coding startup Cursor.Why it matters: The new model is being pitched as a coding and agentic-work tool, more than a consumer-facing chatbot — one that Musk says is "maxim…
Civil rights groups like the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) have noted how Elon Musk’s Colossus xAI data centers in Memphis disproportionately pollute the air in minority neighborhoods. A joint lawsuit by SELC, Earthjustice, and the NAACP filed last April argued that Musk and friends didn’…
Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deathsElon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of focusing on his companies, Musk …
Anos antes de se envolver diretamente na política partidária americana, o trilionário Elon Musk causou polêmica ao responder publicamente a uma provocação de David Beasley, então diretor do Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) da ONU, ex-governador da Carolina do Sul e agraciado com o prêmio Nobel da…
