Florida’s attorney general announces criminal investigation into OpenAI James Uthmeier said OpenAI’s ChatGPT offered detailed advice to the suspect in the FSU mass shooting case, including what type of gun to use.

Florida’s attorney general announces criminal investigation into OpenAI

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Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence software, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people without their consent, despite his company’s pledge months ago to halt abusive deepfakes after a public backlash and government investigations." @davidingram.bsky.social keeping tabs:

Nike Pulls Boston 'Walkers Tolerated' Ad After Backlash After backlash from runners on social media, Nike has removed an ad from their Boston store poking fun at walkers.

Nike pulled down a Boston Marathon 'Walkers Tolerated' ad Friday after backlash and issued an apology. But people I spoke to say they ran similar ads just last weekend in London, and also received significant pushback there. open.substack.com/pub/runnersh...

Anti-AI groups distance themselves from violence in wake of Sam Altman attack Activist organizations seeking to pause or stop AI development are pushing back against claims that they may be associated with violence targeting Sam Altman.

Anti-AI groups distance themselves from violence in wake of Sam Altman attack
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Drivers sue San Jose over nearly 500 Flock police cameras that track drivers in California A class action lawsuit filed against San Jose and its police department Wednesday aims to require police to get warrants to track drivers.

Drivers sue San Jose over nearly 500 Flock police cameras used to track drivers across the state
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Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.

yes! www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Screenshot from NBC News story: “Apple reviewed the next submissions made by the developers, and determined that X had substantially resolved its violations, but the Grok app remained out of compliance. As a result, we rejected the Grok submission and notified the developer that additional changes to remedy the violation would be required, or the app could be removed from the App Store,” Apple wrote.

SCOOP at @nbcnews.com: Back in January, Apple privately threatened to remove the Grok app from the App Store.

Apple threatened to remove Grok from the App Store over sexualized deepfakes, letter says In a letter to senators sent in January, Apple detailed how it responded to Grok’s ability to generate sexualized deepfakes.

Scoop from @davidingram.bsky.social -- Apple threatened to remove Grok from the App Store over sexualized deepfakes before xAI restricted some of its features

In a letter viewed by NBC News, Apple said it found both X and Grok in violation of its guidelines
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Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.

NEW: Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it An NBC News review found dozens of AI-generated sexualized images of real women posted to X over the past month.

We dove into Grok's continued creation of deepfakes, and found that some users have found new methods to bypass Grok's guardrails, allowing them to generate sexual AI images of celebrities and real people.

from @davidingram.bsky.social

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How Shoetubers are Reshaping Running A new class of running YouTubers is influencing what shoes runners buy and what brands make next.

Running creators are influencing how top shoe companies are making what goes on your feet.

Chatted with an influential shoe reviewer about how he built his business through daily posting, and how creators are changing what goes into running shoe design.

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AI is the boss at this retail store. What could go wrong? Andon Market, designed and managed by an AI system but staffed by two human employees, opened Friday in San Francisco.

Welcome to your future!

The experimental AI running this store lied repeatedly about its products and surveilled its workers. It also decided to stock books on the risks of AI. (!!!)

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AI is the boss at this retail store. What could go wrong? Andon Market, designed and managed by an AI system but staffed by two human employees, opened Friday in San Francisco.

So there's a new store in San Francisco where the boss is an AI chatbot. I went today. www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovat...

An AI is running this retail store. So far, it’s lied, surveilled workers and tried to hire someone in Afghanistan
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Apocalypse indicator

U.S. Marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, emails say The U.S. Marshals Service allowed some members of Musk’s security team to sidestep experience and training requirements, according to emails.

U.S. marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security

U.S. Marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, emails say The U.S. Marshals Service allowed some members of Musk’s security team to sidestep experience and training requirements, according to emails.

NEW from me and @ryanjreilly.com:

U.S. marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, emails show

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U.S. Marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, emails show The U.S. Marshals Service allowed some members of Musk’s security team to sidestep experience and training requirements, according to emails.

U.S. marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, emails say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

Claude’s new limits are frustrating its most devoted users Anthropic has implemented new caps on Claude use amid a flood of new users.

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Welcome to Runner’s Hive Influencers, brand deals, and softball interviews have taken over running content. There's a better way.

I hit 100 subscribers on launch day of my running newsletter Runner’s
Hive!

Grateful for the interest in good writing about running.

I’ll be covering running culture, biz, and tech, and my own training (2026 london, chi, NYC marathons)

You can subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/runnersh...

Bill to ban sale of key AI chipmaking equipment to China introduced in House The MATCH Act would tighten existing restrictions on a critical choke point for the AI industry, banning exports of certain manufacturing tools across China.

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Haha its real 😭 i only realized it was April fools after the cat was out of the bag (jokes on me)

Why Iran’s hackers keep overselling their cyberattacks Handala has carried out some real cyberattacks, but experts explained to NBC News why the group tries to inflate the impact of its operations.

Why Iran’s hackers keep overselling their cyberattacks
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that's awesome! Will def give him a follow.

Would love to hear more about what you've cooked up

I'm planning on doing reviews, deep dives into running history, reporting on running business, culture, and science, and writing about my own training ups and downs.

I'd also love to collaborate with other writers who want to write about running. Reach out to me!

Welcome to Runner’s Hive Influencers, brand deals, and softball interviews have taken over running content. There's a better way.

I just launched my running newsletter, Runner's Hive!

For months, I've been thinking about how the attention economy has failed runners, incentivizing shallow, short-form video content.

So I decided to make a home for high-quality writing about running.
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Runner's Hive | Ben Goggin | Substack A weekly guide to the tech, science, and culture of running — by tech journalist and marathoner Ben Goggin. Click to read Runner's Hive | Ben Goggin on Substack. Launched 10 months ago.

Running is booming. Running coverage hasn’t kept up.

This week I’m launching Runner’s Hive, a new newsletter about the tech, science, and culture of running.

I’m publishing the first post on Wednesday!

Subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/runnersh...

Thrilled to have more reporting power on NBC News' tech desk.

Jane has already done great work with us and I can't wait for what's ahead.

God and bitcoin: Why some Christians are going all in on cryptocurrency From churches allowing congregants to tithe with digital coins to blogs promoting bitcoin as biblically sound, there’s an emerging Christian crypto subculture.

God and Bitcoin: A subculture fusing Christianity and crypto is emerging — both require faith
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I've run on this road before... it's just a straight road across the entire island with no real turns. Eager to hear how a car got rolled.