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Grok’s Political Turn ⚠️
should AI chatbots express political opinions?

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What we’ll cover today:
⚠️ Grok goes political (yes, really)
🧱 $9B for AI compute power
📦 Data tools are getting swallowed
🎾 Wimbledon’s AI refs flop hard

Elon Musk said Grok has been “significantly improved.” What’s changed is its tone and political alignment.
It called Democrats harmful, citing conservative sources.
It claimed Jewish executives dominate Hollywood and influence its content. [Read full story]
It previously downplayed the Holocaust and mentioned “white genocide.”
It recently blamed Musk’s NOAA cuts for deadly floods in Texas.
Grok is now making stronger, more controversial political statements.
Do you think AI chatbots should express political opinions? |
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CoreWeave is buying data center provider Core Scientific in an all-stock deal.
The acquisition gives CoreWeave over a gigawatt of data center capacity.
Core Scientific is shifting from crypto mining to running AI workloads.
This helps CoreWeave meet rising demand for training and inference compute.
Other players like OpenAI are also locking in huge amounts of infrastructure. [Read full story]
Data centers are now a key competitive advantage in AI.
Big companies are rapidly buying data startups to strengthen their AI capabilities.
Salesforce bought Informatica for $8B. Databricks bought Neon. Fivetran acquired Census.
These deals help fix fragmented data stacks that can’t support AI efficiently.
Most of these companies weren’t built for AI, but they offer missing tools.
With limited funding and slow IPOs, startups are choosing acquisition. [Read full story]
The market is consolidating fast to meet new AI demands.
Wimbledon replaced human line judges with an AI system. It hasn’t gone smoothly.
Players reported missed calls and system failures during matches.
One match had to pause because the AI system stopped working.
A deaf player said the lack of visual signals made it hard to know point results. [Read full story]
The system needs improvements before it can fully replace humans.
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Jeff Su shows exactly how to use ChatGPT in real life.
He explains which model to pick, when to use search or Deep Research, and how Canvas can help with editing and writing.
Every tip is shown with simple examples like writing emails, finding facts, or comparing tools.

The funny thing about LLMs is that they get old very quickly
Sonnet 4 seemed new and shiny just a few weeks
Now I am just frustrated with the countless mistakes it makes
Ready for a new toy that will top the leaderboards
— Bindu Reddy (@bindureddy)
3:54 AM • Jul 8, 2025
Vibe-coding without supervision is a disaster.
Here is my vibe-coding step-by-step guide:
1. Write down a high-level plan
2. Break it down into small phases
3. Focus on one phase at a timeFor each phase:
1. Add as much context as possible to the plan
2. Include the things— Santiago (@svpino)
11:10 AM • Jul 8, 2025
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