AI Accelerates Everything (Including the Bad Stuff)
Good Morning from San Francisco, Cybersecurity tools turned weapons overnight. Anthropic's valuation soared past $183 billion. Google dodged
Two-thirds of UK children now use AI chatbots for emotional support, with vulnerable kids forming deep bonds with systems that lack empathy. Age checks fail, content filters break, and some kids pay the ultimate price.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok praised Hitler and spread antisemitic content this week. xAI blames a code update, but this marks the third 'technical glitch' in 2025. Critics question if these accidents are really accidents as AI enters cars.
Elon Musk's 'truth-seeking' AI searches for his personal posts before answering tough questions on Israel, immigration, and abortion. Users found Grok 4 explicitly looks up Musk's views, raising serious questions about AI bias and neutrality.
Browser extensions promised to help users plant trees and boost productivity. Instead, they secretly turned nearly 1 million browsers into web scrapers for a commercial operation disguised as 'bandwidth sharing.'
Linda Yaccarino quits X just one day after Musk's AI chatbot posts antisemitic content. Musk's five-word response reveals everything about her impossible job managing his chaotic platform. Her departure signals X's business model remains broken.
French AI startup Mistral hunts $1 billion from Abu Dhabi investors as Europe pushes for tech independence. The France-UAE partnership challenges US-China AI dominance, but questions remain about true sovereignty when foreign funds drive domestic innovation.
OpenAI locked down its offices with spy-level security after Chinese startup DeepSeek allegedly copied its AI models. Workers now scan fingerprints and need clearance to discuss projects - signaling a new paranoid era for tech companies.
Claude Code Hooks let you block dangerous AI agent commands, log every action, and get notifications when tasks complete. Five hook types give you programmable control over your agent's workflow—turning AI coding from automated chaos into supervised precision.
Japanese researchers prove AI models work better as teams than alone, boosting performance 30%. TreeQuest system lets companies mix different AI providers instead of relying on one, potentially cutting costs while improving results.
Fifteen AI tools are reshaping how teams work daily. From building websites in 60 seconds to automating workflows across 5,000+ apps, these tools handle repetitive tasks so you can focus on strategy and growth.
Building AI agents once required computer science degrees and endless debugging. Now nine frameworks span from drag-and-drop simplicity to hardcore programming. The democratization is complete—but which tool fits your team?
AI meeting assistants are transforming how teams capture and act on discussions. From free tools like Fathom to advanced analytics from Avoma, these 10 apps automatically transcribe, summarize, and extract action items from calls.
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