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 xAI’s signature chatbot is in trouble, even as Musk puts it at the heart of what could be the biggest IP...

The enterprise AI gold rush hit a very expensive wall. Companies are realizing that giving thousands of employees unlimited access to advanced AI models is blowing through yearly budgets in a matter of months. Providers are moving away from predictable flat-rate fees, shifting to expensive token-based usage models that charge for every prompt and line of code generated. The shift toward token-base...

Nothing says innovation quite like replacing a person reading names with a machine that allegedly forgets to read the names. That's what happened during Glendale Community College's commencement ceremony on Friday at Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona, where a "new AI system" reportedly skipped hundreds of students and displayed incorrect names as diplomas were handed out. In one instance, the name M...

OpenAI has said that its unreleased AI reasoning model solved a decades-old mathematical problem that had remained unsolved for nearly 80 years. The model produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous geometry conjecture, OpenAI said in a blog post published on Wednesday, May 20. At the centre of the purported breakthrough is the ‘Planar unit distance problem’ first posed by [who is ...

Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores The retail bookseller plans to open 60 more stores in the US this year - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments James Daunt, the CEO of Barnes & Noble, has declared that he has “no problem” with AI-written books being sold in the retailer’s stores. In a recent segment for NBC News’ “Business in America” series, Today host Jenna Bush Hager aske...

Key Takeaways - Meta posted record $56B revenue in Q1 2026, up 33%, yet is cutting 8,000 jobs starting May 20 to fund a $145B AI infrastructure budget - Median employee pay already fell from $417K to $388K, while Zuckerberg pays AI researchers up to $100M as one or two replace dozens - More rounds are planned for August and the fall, as Microsoft’s AI CEO says AI will replace all white-collar work...

Federal court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late Federal court rejects Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal court on Monday dismissed claims filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to remain a nonprofit dedicated to ...

Linus Torvalds comments on “unmanageable” AI bug reports for Linux maintainers Table of Contents Linus Torvalds has started speaking out about a growing problem in the Linux community, and it revolves around AI-generated bug reports. While AI tools are becoming more common in software development – even AI-generated code is accepted in the Linux kernel now – they are also creating a massive amount...

Recent poll shows that 70% of Americans don’t want AI data centers being built in their local area Table of Contents Artificial intelligence is growing fast, and companies are racing to build more data centers to support it. These giant facilities power AI tools, cloud services, and online platforms. However, while tech companies see them as the future, many Americans are becoming increasingly unh...

- Anthropic’s Claude, along with Bitcoin discussions, surged after a user reportedly recovered a lost 5 BTC wallet - The wallet had allegedly remained inaccessible for more than 11 years because of forgotten credentials - Claude helped analyze old backup files tied to Bitcoin wallet recovery clues A Bitcoin holder reportedly regained access to nearly $400,000 worth of BTC. This was after using Ant...