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improved memory in chatgpt:

@gdb / x - improved memory in chatgpt:samir (@_samirism)we've been improving memory.ChatGPT is now more reliable at finding and remembering details from your past chats, like recipes or workouts.give it a try - and let us know what you think — https://x.com/_samiris…

#ai #dataprivacy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #ux #assistant #updates #memory

improved memory in chatgpt:

7 wks / x / @gdb

ChatGPT is now more reliable at finding and remembering your past chat

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

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OpenAI, Microsoft Lose Last Chance to Avoid Trial With Musk

Robert Burnson / bloomberg - OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman’s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from a software giant and made plans to operate as a for-profit busines…

#microsoft #openai #aiethics #genai #business #judiciary #law #elonmusk #litigation

Judge Rules Musk’s Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Against OpenAI Will Face Jury Trial

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI and Microsoft tried to dodge a courtroom showdown with Elon Musk, but a federal judge on Thursday rejected their requests to dismiss the case.

7 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Silicon Valley’s messiest breakup is definitely headed to court

7 wks / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

OpenAI warns its investors to brace for outlandish claims in lawsuit from Elon Musk... www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/o...

7 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

OpenAI, Microsoft Lose Last Chance to Avoid Trial With Musk

7 wks / bloomberg / Robert Burnson

OpenAI tells investors to brace for 'deliberately outlandish' claims from Musk ahead of trial

7 wks / cnbc

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‘Heinous’: Musk’s AI Grok facing probe

news.com.au - Millions of accounts were deactivated in the wake of Australia’s social media ban, but it’s an “even more potentially catastrophic” threat that has the watchdog worried.

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #government #apps #censorship #elonmusk #grokai #safety #advertising

Minister Smyth says laws adequate to tackle non-consensual Grok AI images, after meeting with Attorney General.

7 wks / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

Minister Smyth says laws adequate to tackle non-consensual Grok AI images

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool

7 wks / reddit / /u/aktivate74

Japan calls on X to take measures against AI-generated sexualized images

7 wks / reddit / /u/Saltedline

State Department Threatens UK Over Grok Investigation, Because Only The US Is Allowed To Ban Foreign Apps

7 wks / reddit / /u/StraightedgexLiberal

Musk’s Grok AI Faces Scrutiny From Japan Over Sexualized Images

7 wks / bloomberg / Takashi MochizukiMayumi Negishi

After backlash, X restricts Grok from generating sexualized images of real people

7 wks / siliconangle / James Farrell

Grok blocked from undressing images with AI in places where it's illegal, X says

7 wks / reddit / /u/Bigmacman_

‘Heinous’: Musk’s AI Grok facing probe

7 wks / news.com.au

These companies advertised on X as Grok produced sexualized images of kids

7 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

State Department Threatens UK Over Grok Investigation, Because Only The US Is Allowed To Ban Foreign Apps

7 wks / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Grok now bans illegal porn generation, after monetizing it

7 wks / reddit / /u/Federal-Block-3275

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Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images

Madlin Mekelburg / bloomberg - Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued the billionaire’s artificial intelligence company for harassment, accusing xAI’s Grok chatbot of generating sexually explicit images of her without her consent.

#ai #dataprivacy #aiethics #genai #law #contentmoderation #xai #grokai #litigation #digitalprivacy

"Ashley St Clair, the influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued the billionaire’s AI company, accusing its Grok chatbot of creating fake sexual imagery of her without her consent." Europe & the rest of the world have to

7 wks / bsky / @andersaslund.bsky.social / andersaslund.bsky.social

xAI sued by mother of one of Elon Musk’s children over sexual images

7 wks / ft

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: We’ve Hit Grok Bottom

7 wks / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Spicy Soldiers? Pentagon Adopts Grok AI As It Battles Nudification Scandal

7 wks / techstrong / Frank Vizard

Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images

7 wks / bloomberg / Madlin Mekelburg

Influencer Who Had Child With Elon Musk Sues xAI Over Deepfake Images

7 wks / wsj / Georgia Wells

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Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is a fresh drag on software stocks. Are investors overreacting?

@MarketWatch / x - Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is a fresh drag on software stocks. Are investors overreacting? trib.al/knLU72a— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) Jan 15, 2026

#ai #vc #cybersecurity #anthropic #aiethics #genai #business #assistant #bugs

Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is a fresh drag on software stocks. Are investors overreacting?

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Contagious Claude Code bug Anthropic ignored promptly spreads to Cowork

7 wks / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

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Cloudflare Acquires Human Native

FinSMEs / finsmes - Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), a San Francisco, CA-based connectivity cloud company, acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace that connects creators and AI developers. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The acquisition will enable AI developers…

#ai #cloud #datascience #dataprivacy #aiethics #genai #business #acquisitions #cloudflare

Cloudflare acquires AI data marketplace Human Native

7 wks / cnbc

Cloudflare Acquires Human Native

7 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

Cloudflare Acquires Human Native to Advance AI Data Marketplaces and Creator Pay - WebProNews

7 wks / webpronews

Exclusive: Cloudflare acquires AI data startup Human Native

7 wks / sifted

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Elon Musk's X Bans Access to ‘InfoFi’ Crypto Projects Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash

André Beganski / decrypt - X is making major changes to its API to prevent access by "InfoFi" crypto projects that seek to incentivize "reply spam," an exec said.

#ai #blockchain #crypto #techpolicy #aiethics #internet #media #contentmoderation #api

Kaito to sunset 'Yaps' as X cracks down on InfoFi apps, token falls 17%

7 wks / coindesk / Oliver Knight

Elon Musk's X Bans Access to ‘InfoFi’ Crypto Projects Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash

7 wks / decrypt / André Beganski

Kaito token plummets after X revises API policies to ban InfoFi crypto projects

7 wks / theblock / Jason Shubnell

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Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressure from regulators

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - After days of abuse and investigations on both sides of the Atlantic, Elon Musk's chatbot Grok can no longer undress photos of real people—at least where it's illegal.The article Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressu…


Bikini edits stir quick tech tweaks

Grok will no longer make people wear bikinis when prompted, according to X

7 wks / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

X says Grok won’t edit images of real people into bikinis. It still does

7 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll


Regulators force nude image blockades

X says it will finally stop letting Grok create undressed images of people

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressure from regulators

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


Wider Grok controversies spark ongoing debate

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

7 wks / wired / Matt Burgess

What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it

7 wks / go

Elon Musk’s X Says It Will (Sort of) Crack Down on Grok’s Sexual Deepfake Problem

7 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil


All Other Stories

X put another band-aid on its nonconsensual sexual images problem. Meanwhile Grok is still putting whoever you want in a bikini. from @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @brbarrett.bsky.social / brbarrett.bsky.social

Still not fixed! www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @lisatozzi.bsky.social / lisatozzi.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social / jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

NEW: X does seem to have limited Grok’s output on X. But Grok’s website will still undress: “We can still generate photorealistic nudity on Grok[dot]com,” says Paul Bouchaud, the lead researcher at Paris-based nonprofit @aiforensics.org “We can generat

7 wks / bsky / @mattburgess1.bsky.social / mattburgess1.bsky.social

Stop taking Elon at his word.. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @wilkos.bsky.social / wilkos.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @eliothiggins.bsky.social / eliothiggins.bsky.social

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Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday

techxplore - Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary.

#ai #techpolicy #meta #amazon #microsoft #aiethics #genai #business #wikipedia #copyright

everyone: Congratulations on your 25th anniversary, @wikipedia.org! The last genuinely good resource on the internet! Cornerstone of 21st-century civilization!

7 wks / bsky / @smadin.net / smadin.net

Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/wikimedia-foundation-announces-new-ai-partnerships-with-amazon-meta-microsoft-perplexity-and-others/

7 wks / bsky / @sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

But for how long techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/w...

7 wks / bsky / @nih-llamas.bsky.social / nih-llamas.bsky.social

Imaginate haber contribuido cientos de horas en hacer una enciclopedia libre y que ahora se la zampe una máquina de bolacear (y secar lagos) techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/w...

7 wks / bsky / @vercingetronix.bsky.social / vercingetronix.bsky.social

Wikipedia Found a Way to Make Big Tech Pay. The Question Is Whether It's Enough.

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Wikimedia announces AI partners including Meta and Microsoft

7 wks / engadget / Andre Revilla

Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Wikipedia Signs AI Licensing Deals On Its 25th Birthday

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others

7 wks / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday

7 wks / techxplore

Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday

7 wks / go

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