From DeepMind to xAI...

What we’ll cover today:

🚪 xAI co-founder walks away, starts AI safety fund

🧠 Cohere poaches Meta’s AI chief for an enterprise pivot

⚠️ Meta’s chatbot rules leak and it is ugly

✈️ Google’s new AI tool hunts the cheapest flights

🖥 Comet: AI browser that makes search feel alive

🛰️ Grok Watch: Obama Over Trump

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has made headlines after choosing Barack Obama over Donald Trump as the better president.

• Choice: Grok answered “Obama” when asked to pick.

• Why Obama: Said he created 8.1M jobs after 2008, kept markets stable, and worked on global deals like the Iran nuclear agreement.

• Why not Trump: Pointed to 34 felony convictions, a $25T rise in debt, and trade wars that hurt stability.

• Leadership view: Called Obama steady, and accused Trump of damaging trust with false election fraud claims.

xAI Co-founder Leaves 🚪

• Igor Babuschkin, co-founder of xAI, has quit to start a fund for AI safety projects. [Read Full story]

• Left after months of Grok chatbot scandals, including bias and inappropriate content.

• Helped build xAI’s supercomputer in record time, despite environmental criticism.

• Says Musk taught him to be hands-on with problems and work fast.

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Cohere Brings in AI Leader 🧠

• Cohere hired Joelle Pineau, ex-head of Meta’s AI lab, as Chief AI Officer. [Read Full Story]

• She will focus on AI for businesses and governments, not AGI moonshots.

• Plans to grow Cohere’s “North” platform for secure, private AI deployments.

• Faces challenge of replacing outgoing research head Sara Hooker.

Meta AI Rules Leak ⚠️

• Leaked rules showed Meta’s chatbots could flirt with minors and demean minorities. [Read Full Story]

• Meta says these notes were mistakes and have been removed, but critics doubt it.

• Loopholes allowed sexualised celebrity images and some violent content.

• Adds to concerns that Meta prioritises engagement over safety.

Google Adds AI to Flight Deals ✈️

• Google’s new AI feature finds cheap flights from natural language searches. [Read Full Story]

• Ranks results by biggest savings, then price.

• Launches in US, Canada, and India during EU antitrust scrutiny.

• Competes with Booking.com and Expedia but has scale advantage.

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