MP sues xAI in UK over fake sexual images case
An MP has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI in the UK, marking a significant test case concerning the liability of AI companies in creating non-consensual explicit imagery, particularly…
Ideogram 4.0 launches as the best open image model
Ideogram has announced the release of Ideogram 4.0, touted as “the best open image model in the world.” This version allows users to download the model weights, fine-tune the model…
Meta’s AI chatbot breach exposes security flaws, impacts high-profile accounts
On June 3, a significant breach of Instagram’s AI support chatbot led to unauthorized access to several high-profile accounts, including those of the dormant Obama White House page and beauty…
xAI pauses hiring for specialists to train Grok chatbot
Musk’s xAI has paused hiring for specialists tasked with training its Grok chatbot, emphasizing the importance of refining this technology within its research efforts. The decision reflects a broader trend…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman projects 1,000,000x growth in AI token usage
OpenAI’s @sama highlighted significant scaling challenges in artificial intelligence, noting that the top tokenmaxxer’s usage has skyrocketed from 100,000 tokens per month six years ago to over 100 billion tokens…
Lassie secures $47M in Series A funding led by a16z
Lassie has successfully raised $47 million in a Series A funding round led by a16z to develop AI solutions specifically designed to run small businesses, beginning with dental practices. Cofounders…
US Treasury Secretary Bessent meets with LLM labs in San Francisco
US Treasury Secretary Bessent announced that she met with major large language model (LLM) laboratories in San Francisco on Saturday. This meeting reflects the U.S. leadership role in artificial intelligence,…
Alphabet upsizes equity offering to $85B for AI spending
Google parent Alphabet has increased its equity raise to $84.75 billion from an initial $80 billion announced just two days earlier, aiming to support its expanding artificial intelligence spending plans.…
Trump administration directs AI firms to submit models for cybersecurity testing
On June 2, the Trump administration announced its plan to request leading AI developers voluntarily submit their most advanced models for cybersecurity testing before public release, as outlined in a…
BITKRAFT Ventures backs Inworld AI’s top-ranked Realtime TTS-2
Inworld AI has emerged as a significant player in voice technology, recently achieving a top ranking for its Realtime TTS-2 model on Artificial Analysis, surpassing both ElevenLabs and OpenAI. This…