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After xAI’s chatbot Grok posted a string of antisemitic messages on X this week — including praise for Adolf Hitler — some xAI workers who train Grok expressed anger and disillusionment. One said they would resign in protest.In an internal Slack channel viewed by Business Insider, several employees wrote that Grok’s comments were hateful and inexcusable since its outburst on Tuesday. Others expressed embarrassment at the company’s response to the incident, and said that Grok’s behavior couldn’t be dismissed, even if it was the result of a targeted user prompt seemingly intended to elicit inappropriate behavior.Others said Grok’s antisemitic posts…

Sarah Smith, founder and managing partner of the eponymous Sarah Smith Fund, announced Thursday the final closing of a $16 million Fund I.  Smith launched her eponymous fund in 2022 and is a solo GP. She said she’s “stunned” by what AI can unlock for firms like hers, solo and next generation. “I can’t imagine doing venture any other way now,” she said. “While I believe company building still requires a team effort, I believe early-stage investing is best done solo.” She appreciates how she can make fast decisions that don’t require committee approval. She’s also taken to using AI…

Cognition’s AI coding agent Devin has scored a major customer: Goldman Sachs, the bank’s CIO, Marco Argenti, told CNBC. “We’re going to start augmenting our workforce with Devin, which is going to be like our new employee,” Argenti told the outlet, adding that it plans to roll out hundreds of instances of Devin, potentially growing to thousands. The bank currently employs around 12,000 human developers, it says.  Despite the financial industry’s reputation for being slow and stodgy, Goldman Sachs tends to be cutting edge, and it’s been internally using developer copilots since at least 2024, it said. Devin is an…

Cases of COVID-19 are now likely growing in 25 states, according to estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, as this year’s summer wave of the virus appears to be getting underway.The agency’s modeling suggests that the uptick is in “many” Southeast, Southern and West Coast states, the CDC said in its weekly update.COVID-19 activity nationwide, however, is still considered “low,” based on data from wastewater samples, although that is up from “very low” the week before.Some of the highest rates of COVID-19 in emergency rooms are in the Pacific Northwest, which saw a steep…

A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of pneumonic plague, local health officials said.The unidentified patient, from Coconino County, showed up to the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department and died there the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said in a statement. It is unclear when the death occurred.The hospital noted that “appropriate initial management” and “attempts to provide life-saving resuscitation” was performed, but “the patient did not recover.”Rapid diagnostic testing led to a presumptive diagnosis of Yersinia pestis.Coconino County Health and Human Services said testing results confirmed Friday that the patient died from pneumonic plague, described as…

Grok 4 seems to know who’s boss.The latest version of the AI chatbot has a favorite source on some hot-topic issues, citing creator Elon Musk’s views when asked about immigration and conflict in the Middle East.Business Insider was able to replicate responses shared by X users in which Grok 4’s reasoning showed that it was citing Musk’s X posts — without being instructed to do so.Grok, which Musk has called “maximally truth seeking,” also cited the billionaire’s views in response to questions about abortion, transgender rights, and gay marriage — but only if it had already referenced his opinions earlier…

Nvidia’s rapid rise to $4 trillion has created a breathtaking windfall for its relatively small workforce.The AI chip company employs only about 36,000 people, representing an unprecedented concentration of wealth.Take this example from Levels.fyi, which specializes in analyzing tech industry compensation. It shows how pretty regular individual contributors at Nvidia have likely become millionaires. Anyone above this job level is probably experiencing even more life-changing wealth right now.Levels.fyi took a look at a real Nvidia job offer from September 2022. A mid-career hardware engineer got this pay package back then: $180,000 salary, $50,000 in stock, and a $40,000 cash signing…

The Washington Nationals are at a pivotal point in their rebuild to baseball relevance, owning the No. 1 overall pick in the Major League Baseball amateur draft that begins on Sunday night in Atlanta.There are multiple intriguing prospects they can choose from, including prep shorstop Ethan Holliday, the son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday and brother of Jackson Holliday, who was the No. 1 overall pick in 2022 and is now in the majors with the Baltimore Orioles.In a related note, Washington earlier this week fired longtime general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez.Bold choice.The Nats’ head-scratching move —…

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic wanted to make this much clear after losing to Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday: This was not a farewell performance. Djokovic intends to compete again at the All England Club.“I’m not planning to finish my Wimbledon career today,” the 38-year-old Djokovic said. “I’m planning to come back definitely — at least one more time.”His 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 defeat at Centre Court against the No. 1-ranked Sinner put an end to Djokovic’s latest attempt to tie Roger Federer’s men’s record of eight championships at Wimbledon and to claim an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam title…