Grok’s behavior isn’t surprising – but we needn’t settle for Musk’s vision of the future | Samuel Woolley

Grok’s behavior isn’t surprising – but we needn’t settle for Musk’s vision of the future | Samuel Woolley

Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok went on a hateful tirade earlier this month. The AI-powered account praised Hitler and posted a series of antisemitic comments over X, the digital platform also owned by Musk. The company’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, resigned the next day – though it’s unclear whether her exit was directly related to the bot’s…

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates made 15 big predictions back in 1999 and every single one of them came true – Supercar Blondie

Bill Gates’ 1999 predictions about the future of autonomous technology and e‑commerce have turned out to be eerily accurate. In his book Business @ the Speed of Thought, he forecast 15 major tech trends that now define modern life. From smartphones to social media and online home monitoring, Gates sketched out a digital world long…

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Tesla's founder and CEO, Elon Musk, expects the deal outcome to be larger than $16.5 billion after signing a chip supply deal with South Korean electronics maker Samsung on Monday, 28 July 2025.

Elon Musk’s Tesla signs $16.5 billion chip supply deal with Samsung; South Korean giant’s shares jump over 6%

Billionaire Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company, Tesla Inc., signed a $16.5 billion chip supply deal with the South Korean electronics maker Samsung Electronics on Monday, 28 July 2025. The EV major aims to focus on the next-generation AI6 chip, according to the executive’s post on the social media platform X.  The chip supply partnership…

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Xi Jinping is the main thing holding China back

Xi Jinping is the main thing holding China back

During the Biden years, a lot of us thought that the next era of world history would be defined, in large part, by economic and geostrategic competition between the U.S. and China. That’s looking a little less likely these days. Donald Trump still makes the occasional aggressive noise toward China, but his approach has become…

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Celebrities react as England’s Lionesses win Euro 2025: ‘Girl power’

Celebrities react as England’s Lionesses win Euro 2025: ‘Girl power’

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter England’s Lionesses have been showered with praise from the celebrity world after once again scaling the mountain and winning the Women’s…

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