Elon Musk’s xAI startup open sources chatbot Grok amid a lawsuit against OpenAI’s shift away from open source.
Musk’s Grok goes open-source and Reddit updates its IPO filing
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Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI will open-source Grok, its chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, he said, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from […]
Leaked documents show Techstars lost $7 million in 2023 but still had plenty of cash
Cuts to Techstars’ staff and its decision to shutter certain accelerators came after it missed its 2023 revenue goals, according to documents outlining its preliminary 2023 results viewed […]
Amazon launches AI shopping assistant called…Rufus?
Amazon’s new AI-powered chatbot Rufus will help people make shopping decisions.
Open source vector database startup Qdrant raises $28M
Qdrant, the company behind the eponymous open source vector database, has raised $28 million in a Series A round of funding led by Spark Capital. Founded in 2021, […]
X promises peer-to-peer payments, AI advances in 2024
Elon Musk has been detailing his vision for X, formerly Twitter’s, transformation into an “everything app,” including payments, creator tools, shopping, and more, since acquiring the social network […]
Twitter / X: Cheapest tier for gold checkmark drops from $1,000 to $200
X has a new $200 per month Verified Organization subscription tier.
AI plushie Grok, voiced by Grimes, was trademarked before Elon Musk’s Grok
Grimes is stepping into the toy business with “Grok,” a character that she voiced for Curio’s new line of screen-free AI plushies. The toy is not affiliated with […]