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Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them

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The National Weather Service took down an AI-generated forecast map showing fake towns.

It made up the towns of “Whata Bod” and “Orangeotild,” for example.

Elon Musk’s xAI raised $20 billion in funding.

The Series E round surpassed the $15 billion target, per a blog post, and xAI said that Grok 5 is in training and the company is “focused on launching innovative new consumer and enterprise products.” The news comes amid a widespread controversy in many countries over Grok’s ability to undress photos of women and children at a user’s request.

Timekettle’s new translation earbuds are made for sharing

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OpenAI’s research lead is departing after nearly seven years.

Jerry Tworek, the company’s VP of research, wrote in an internal memo and shared on X that he was “leaving to try and explore types of research that are hard to do at OpenAI.”

Most dubious uses of AI at CES 2026

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