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No, Grok can’t really “apologize” for posting non-consensual sexual images

Despite reporting to the contrary, there’s evidence to suggest that Grok isn’t sorry at all about reports that it generated non-consensual sexual images of...

Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case

In 2022, CDC researchers found an unexpected pattern. Since 1997, there had been seven cases of infections from Bacillus group bacteria producing the anthrax...

OpenAI reorganizes some teams to build audio-based AI hardware products

OpenAI, the company that developed the models and products associated with ChatGPT, plans to announce a new audio language model in the first quarter...

Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”

Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly...

SpaceX begins “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink satellite constellation

The year 2025 ended with more than 14,000 active satellites from all nations zooming around the Earth. One-third of them will soon move to...

Final reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes

How it works Donating is easy. Simply donate to Child’s Play using a credit card or PayPal or donate to the EFF using PayPal,...

Marvel rings in new year with Wonder Man trailer

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wHuWmjXsReU&start=0&wmode=transparent Marvel Studios decided to ring in the new year with a fresh trailer for Wonder Man, its eight-episode miniseries premiering later...

Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

Playing Super Mario combats  burnout Credit: Winze Tam et al./Ninetendo Young adulthood...

Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin

On Tuesday, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued a now familiar order: because of a supposed energy emergency, a coal plant scheduled for...

Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025

A third AI-related proof-of-concept attack that garnered attention used a prompt injection to cause GitLab’s Duo chatbot to add malicious lines to an otherwise...

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