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[ad_1] There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk’s “truth-seeking” AI chatbot Grok: It’s not very good, and not many people are using it. That’s the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok barely appears in federal records of how the US government used AI last year. It’s not the only sign … Read More “Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen” »

[ad_1] Firms today are pushing employees to use as much AI as possible to squeeze out the technology’s productivity gains. But that pressure is leading to cracks, and those cracks may be irreparable.  Microsoft has reportedly begun canceling most of its direct Claude Code licenses, according to The Verge, instead moving engineers toward using GitHub … Read More “Microsoft reports expose AI’s cost problem: The tech is more expensive than paying human employees” »

[ad_1] Xiaomi held a launch event in China today where we saw the debut of the Xiaomi 17 Max, but that was not the only new device announced on stage. We also got the latest addition to the Smart Band lineup, as well as Xiaomi’s first clip-on wireless earbuds. Xiaomi Band 10 Pro Smart Band … Read More “Xiaomi Band 10 Pro and Clip-on earbuds announced” »

[ad_1] The Ebola outbreak erupting from the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate wildly, with cases nearing 750, deaths reported at 177, and around 1,400 contacts now being traced, the World Health Organization reported in a press briefing Friday. The latest numbers already place the outbreak as the third … Read More “Ebola outbreak now third largest recorded and “spreading rapidly”” »

[ad_1] SpaceX has launched the upgraded third version of its Starship rocket for the first time, though the test launch did not go perfectly for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company. The 407-foot rocket — the most powerful ever built — lifted off from SpaceX’s company town Starbase, Texas, at 5:30 p.m. local time. Just a few … Read More “SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return” »