Google CEO Sundar Pichai lauds Elon Musk on Grok 4 launch: “Impressive Progress”

Google CEO Sundar Pichai lauds Elon Musk on Grok 4 launch: “Impressive Progress”

In a rare public exchange between two of Silicon Valley’s most influential leaders, Google CEO Sundar Pichai congratulated Elon Musk on the launch of Grok 4, the latest AI model developed by Musk’s xAI. “Congrats on the launch, impressive progress!” Pichai posted on X (formerly Twitter), replying to Musk’s announcement of the new model. Musk…

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Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info

(This story runs with a Reuters Special Report: “Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home.”) Meta internal document details policies on ‘acceptable’ chatbot behavior Meta removes portions of AI guidelines regarding chats with minors after Reuters inquiry Meta’s AI guidelines allow bogus medical info, statements that ‘demean…

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OpenAI releases new reasoning-focused open-weight AI models optimised for laptops

OpenAI releases new reasoning-focused open-weight AI models optimised for laptops

OpenAI said on Tuesday it has released two open-weight language models that excel in advanced reasoning and are optimized to run on laptops with performance levels similar to its smaller proprietary reasoning models. An open-weight language model’s trained parameters or weights are publicly accessible, which can be used by developers to analyze and fine-tune the…

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