The pilot of a SkyWest flight told passengers Friday night that he performed an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid an apparent B-52 military aircraft in-flight as he came in for a landing in Minot, North Dakota — then apologized for the sudden move. The airline said in a statement that SkyWest flight 3788, operating as Delta Connection on a flight from …
Read More »Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review Reuters Microsoft stops relying on Chinese engineers for Pentagon cloud support CNBC US senator seeks details from Defense Department on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers Reuters A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers ProPublica GOP senator asks Pentagon for information on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers The Hill …
Read More »Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of U.S. military after ProPublica report Reuters GOP senator asks Pentagon for information on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers The Hill A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers ProPublica Top US senator calls out supply-chain risk with DoD contractors Yahoo Finance Microsoft Cuts Off China Employees from Pentagon Business The Information Source …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Elon Musk’s xAI secures a $200 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, aligning with industry leaders like OpenAI and Google. 🔍 The inclusion in the GSA schedule allows federal agencies widespread access to xAI’s cutting-edge AI solutions, such as Grok 4. ⚠️ Concerns arise over bias and reliability in Grok’s output, highlighting the need …
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Read More »MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech giant Apple on Tuesday to produce more of the powerful magnets used in iPhones as well as other high-tech products like electric vehicles. This news comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that the U.S. Defense Department agreed to invest $400 …
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Grok checked Musk’s posts, called itself “MechaHitler” xAI has been checking Elon Musk’s posts before providing answers on some topics, such as the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. xAI acknowledged this in an update today that addressed two problems with Grok. One problem “was that if you ask it ‘What do you think?’ the model reasons that as an AI it doesn’t have …
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Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, saw its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok go Nazi. Then its CEO resigned. In the past three years of Musk’s ownership of the social network, it feels like X has weathered at least one public crisis per week, more often multiple. Musk’s chatbot melts down, then wins a military …
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