xAI unveils Grok 4.1, saying it's 3x less likely to hallucinate compared to its previous models and Grok 4.1 Thinking holds the top spot on LMArena's Text Arena (xAI)
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Grok 4.1 is now available to all users on grok.com, 𝕏, and the iOS and Android apps. It is rolling out immediately in Auto mode and can be selec...
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xAI unveils Grok 4.1, saying its hallucination rate is 3x less compared to its previous models and Grok 4.1 Thinking holds the top spot on LMArena
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Eric Gillespie, the founder of Govini whose AI software is used by the US military, was arrested last week for allegedly soliciting pre-teens for sexual contact (Lori Ann LaRocco/CNBC)
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Govini founder Eric Gillespie's lawyer calls child sex chat 'internet fantasy,' not a crime
Defense contractor Govini said Gillespie was no longer a majority shareholder and would not receive a paycheck since his termination.
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Eric Gillespie, the founder of Govini, whose AI software is used by the US military, was arrested last week in PA for allegedly soliciting pre-teens for sex
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NetChoice sues Virginia over a law that would require parental permission for minors to use social media for more than one hour per day, arguing it violates 1A (Emma Roth/The Verge)
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NetChoice sues Virginia to block its one-hour social media limit for kids
Kids under 16 will need permission to spend more time on social media.
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NetChoice sues Virginia over a law that would require parental permission for minors to use social media for more than one hour per day, arguing it violates 1A
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Meta launches a tool called content protection to let creators detect when their reels are reposted on Facebook or Instagram and take action (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
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Facebook rolls out new tools for creators to track accounts stealing their content
Meta is rolling out a new tool that allows Facebook creators to more easily track when their videos have been reposted by others.
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Meta launches a “content protection” tool to let creators detect and take action when their Reels are reposted on Facebook or Instagram without permission
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Microsoft says it mitigated a 15.7 Tbps DDoS from the Aisuru botnet on a single Australian Azure endpoint in October, the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded (Pierluigi Paganini/Security Affairs)
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Microsoft mitigated the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded, 15.7 Tbps
Microsoft says the Aisuru botnet launched a 15.7 Tbps DDoS on Azure from 500k IPs, using massive UDP floods peaking at 3.6 B pps.
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Microsoft says it mitigated a 15.7 Tbps DDoS from the Aisuru botnet on a single Australian Azure endpoint in October, the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded
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Pinkfong prices its South Korea IPO at ~$26 per share, valuing the company behind Baby Shark Dance, YouTube's most-watched video with 16.4B views, at ~$375M (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-worlds-most-watched-youtube-video-hasnt-made-its-creator-rich-e409f9a9?st=X1J3Hj&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Pinkfong prices its South Korea IPO at ~$26 per share, valuing the company behind Baby Shark Dance, YouTube
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Runlayer, which aims to make it easy for companies to securely scale MCP servers, emerges from stealth with an $11M seed from Khosla Ventures and Felicis (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
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MCP AI agent security startup Runlayer launches with 8 unicorns, $11M from Khosla’s Keith Rabois and Felicis | TechCrunch
Three-time founder Andrew Berman is back with a startup that helps IT ensure business users' AI agents operate securely.
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Runlayer, which aims to make it easy for companies to securely scale MCP servers, emerges from stealth with an $11M seed from Khosla Ventures and Felicis
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Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future targets NY State Assemblymember Alex Bores, co-sponsor of the RAISE Act, a bill imposing safety and disclosure requirements (CNBC)
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AI industry-backed super PAC targets New York Democrat in opening shot of midterms
The AI-friendly Trump administration was reportedly frustrated with the super PAC, Leading the Future, over its affiliation with Democratic operati...
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Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future targets New York State Assembly member Alex Bores, who co-sponsored the RAISE Act, a bill requiring AI safety protocols
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Cloudflare acquires Replicate, which hosts over 50,000 AI models and simplifies AI model deployment via a single API call; Replicate will keep its brand (Rita Kozlov/Cloudflare) https://blog.cloudflare.com/replicate-joins-cloudflare/
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Cloudflare acquires Replicate, which hosts 50K+ open-source and fine-tuned AI models and simplifies deployment via one API call; Replicate will keep its brand
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Ford and Amazon partner to let people purchase certified pre-owned Ford vehicles via Amazon Autos, initially available in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Dallas (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
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You can now buy pre-owned Ford vehicles on Amazon
Ford joins Hyundai in selling its vehicles on Amazon.
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Ford and Amazon partner to let Amazon Autos users browse, finance, and purchase certified pre-owned Ford vehicles, initially in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Dallas
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