Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president

President Trump reportedly asked for Grok’s opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.

ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.

Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground

Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.

OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports

OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.

Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)

Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation

Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.

OpenAI’s Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents

OpenAI’s “Decisions API” is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.

America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch

For the sake of national security, it’s a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it’s penning lengthy poetry.

The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch

Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk’s xAI had already acquired the domain name “dot.com,” which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.