Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

As the New York Times reported in 1998, it was Les Crane who first spotted the woman who would be Mavis. Crane was a former ...

Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions and deal digital drugs – but are some really humans in disguise?

A new social network called Moltbook has been created for AIs, allowing machines to interact and talk to each other. Within ...
PlayStation LifeStyle

PSA: PS Plus Premium Users Can Start New January Game Now

PS Plus Premium users are reminded that they can start the biggest upcoming January game early, thanks to a tier perk. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t a small game, but it helps that it has the ...
The Independent

Elon Musk’s Grok keeps creating violent and abusive images. Why can’t we stop it?

When Ofcom posted a statement on X this week about Grok being used to undress people and sexualise children, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot responded with an image of the UK regulator’s logo in a bikini. It ...
Wall Street Journal

xAI, Under Fire for Sexualized Child Photos on Grok, Restricts Tool

Elon Musk has repeatedly expanded the boundaries of permitted speech on his social-media platform X. Child-safety watchdogs and international regulators say a recent update to its ...
NBC News

Elon Musk's X limits some sexual deepfakes after backlash, but Grok will still make the images

Elon Musk’s controversial Grok artificial intelligence model appears to have been restricted in part on one app, while remaining largely unchanged on another. On Musk’s social media app X, the Grok AI ...
The Guardian

Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery

Editing function to be limited to paying subscribers after X threatened with fines and regulatory action Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority ...