11 Jun 2026
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is apparently still being used to produce and host nonconsensual explicit images and videos of women, months after Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI said it would introduce restrictions to stop the creation of potentially harmful sexualized deepfakes.
@wired, Matt Burgess
2026
11 Jun 2026
Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’?
Who in the world is Elias Thorne? He’s a regular fixture in stories told by chatbots, as first spotted by software engineer Daniel May, but no one knows why... until now.
@ajdell, AJ Dellinger
2026
11 Jun 2026
Top Tier India IT Bets on Physical AI as Coding Demand Declines
Physical AI is breathing new life into India’s IT and BPO industry at a time when autonomous AI tools such as Anthropic’s Claude are steadily taking over the coding and back-office work that once powered the country’s technology boom. In Bengaluru, the city often called India’s Silicon Valley, a new kind of worker is quietly emerging. Laborers can now be seen wearing cameras strapped to their…
@NSAmericas, Narayan Ammachchi
2026
11 Jun 2026
Siri AI is powered by Gemini models, but is not Gemini – what does that mean?
We know that Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence features are powered by Google’s Gemini models, but Apple has been at pains to point out that this is not the same as running Gemini on iPhone. While there are still some unknowns, a far clearer picture is emerging about exactly what all of this means ...
Ben Lovejoy
2026
11 Jun 2026
OpenAI Could Soon Drop Prices To Compete With Anthropic, Report Says
OpenAI is considering major price cuts for its AI tools in a bid to compete with rival Anthropic, according to a Wall Street Journal report, as both companies prepare to go public later this year and the steep usage cost prompts some companies to scale back or limit usage.
Siladitya Ray
2026
11 Jun 2026
How much Gemini is really inside Siri AI?
Macworld’s analysis reveals that Apple’s Siri AI uses Google Gemini’s foundation models as a base but retrains them with proprietary Apple data and optimizes for Apple Silicon. Apple deploys five third-generation AI models: two on-device models for simple tasks and three cloud-based models for complex processing, all secured through Private Cloud Compute. Despite using Gemini foundations, Siri AI…
Jason Cross
2026
11 Jun 2026
SPCX Is Firing Up: 3 Businesses To Breakdown
After much anticipation, SpaceX (SPCX) begins trading tomorrow. The headlines will focus on the $2 trillion valuation and the likely significant volatility in the price once the SPCX begins trading. Before you decide whether to participate, it is worth understanding what you are actually buying, because SPCX is not one business. It is three very different businesses.
RIA Team
2026
10 Jun 2026
Apple’s new Siri AI knows when to shut up
Apple’s new Siri AI is finally here, and so far, it seems like it works . I have access and have been messing around with it, and my biggest impression so far is that Siri AI is quite curt — which I mean as a compliment.
Jay Peters, जय पीटर्स
2026
10 Jun 2026
Anthropic hands the public Mythos-class AI
Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. Frontier releases usually trigger a week of benchmark arguments. Anthropic's new model just launched into a class of its own. After months of drama over a Mythos too powerful for the public, Fable arrives as the compromise — with scores that, for once, make 'best model in the world' uncontroversial... Even if the guardrails and future access are.
Zach Mink
2026
