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Elon Musk’s X has taken the automated account for Grok, its AI chatbot, offline after it spent Tuesday afternoon pushing antisemitic narratives. This was not the first (nor the second) time that an incident like this has occurred. “Since being made aware of the content, xAI has taken action to ban hate speech before Grok posts on X,” the Grok account posted on X. “xAI is training only truth-seeking and thanks to the millions of users on X, we are able to quickly identify and update the model where training could be improved.” According to xAI’s public system prompts, the…
Boxes of various Kellogg’s cereals are displayed on shelves at a Walmart Supercenter on May 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesShares of WK Kellogg soared more than 50% on Wednesday following a report that chocolate maker Ferrero is close to a roughly $3 billion deal to buy the cereal company.The Italian company known for its circular hazelnut chocolates could finalize an acquisition of the legacy breakfast foods business as soon as this week, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.WK Kellogg, which makes U.S. childhood staples such as Froot Loops and Frosted…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 6:00 PM ET, Tue July 8, 2025 In news that will not be a surprise to airline industry watchers and insiders, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has once again been crowned the world’s busiest airport.The Atlanta airport, which has sat atop global traffic rankings for well more than two decades, processed more than 108 million passengers in 2024, according a ranking released today by Airports Council International World. As busy as ATL is, the airport still remains 2 percent below its pre-pandemic passenger levels of 2019.Dubai International Airport is the second busiest airport globally according to…
AI data platform iMerit believes the next step toward integrating AI tools at the enterprise level is not more data, but better data. And better data doesn’t come from hordes of gig workers, but from experts across mathematics, medicine, healthcare, finance, autonomy, and other cognitive fields, the company says. “What’s become exceedingly important is the ability to attract and retain the best cognitive experts, because we have to take these large models and make them very customized towards solving enterprise AI problems,” Radha Basu, CEO and founder of iMerit, told TechCrunch. The California- and India-based startup has for the past…
CNN — US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his strong grasp of the English language on Wednesday. But the African leader was educated in Liberia, where English is the official language. As he hosted five African leaders at the White House, Trump asked Boakai: “Such good English, it’s beautiful. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?” Boakai informed Trump of his place of education, prompting Trump to express his curiosity. “That’s very interesting,” he said, “I have people at this table who can’t speak nearly as well.” Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American…
East Coast travelers looking for a tropical getaway will have more options this fall. United Airlines is expanding its nonstop flights to the Caribbean island of Dominica from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). Starting October 29, the airline will add a second weekly nonstop flight from Newark to Dominica’s Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM) that will operate on Wednesdays. The new Wednesday flight is in addition to United’s existing Saturday service, which launched in February 2025. The two flights will give travelers more flexibility, as visitors can now choose to stay for as little as three days or for one week or more.”The…
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the AI conversation goes deeper than just the latest models. On one of the AI Stages, Edo Liberty, founder and CEO of Pinecone, will deliver a session that challenges one of the most persistent assumptions in the field — that raw intelligence alone is enough. With 10,000+ startup and VC leaders expected in San Francisco from October 27–29, this fireside chat and presentation is one of the must-attend moments for anyone building AI systems that actually work in the real world. Intelligence is only half the equation For AI to be truly useful to businesses, it…
“Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a white girl living on a farm in Africa, to her horrified (and defensive) mother.There are so many ways this three-word line reading could land wrongly — or just seem forced or mannered. But it feels thoroughly organic when voiced by Lexi Venter, an extraordinary first-time actor who gives, at age 7, one of the more compelling child performances in recent memory in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.”It’s a performance that was seeded, watered and nurtured by Embeth Davidtz, an extraordinary actor herself who wrote, directed and stars…
The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) introduced the “Spice Isle Summer: Pure Deals, Pure Vibes” campaign, which includes the “Stay 7, Pay for 6” accommodations promotion and savings on JetBlue flights from New York to Grenada.Participating properties in the “Stay 7, Pay for 6” promotion feature an eclectic collection of accommodations, including Tivigny Villa, City Inn, Sea Glass Place, Little Palace BNB, 473 Grenada Boutique Resort, Bougainvillea Apartments, Falledge Apartments Belmont, Point Salines Hotel, Petite Anse Hotel, Sea Breeze Hotel, Bay House and Silversands Grenada. “Our goal is to drive incremental summer bookings by offering real value to travelers while also…
AI-powered coding tools like Cursor, Replit, Claude Code, and Lovable are helping developers write many lines of code every day to ship products faster. However, app makers still have to rely on either shipping full beta versions of their apps or using simulation software to gauge how upcoming features will work. Blok, a company that is coming out of stealth, allows developers to use AI to simulate different user personas to test an app’s features and learn how to make their apps better. The company was founded by Tom Charman and Olivia Higgs in 2024. Both have been serial entrepreneurs…