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Grok AI Chats Exposed in Search Engine Results
Conversations with Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, have been indexed by Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo due to a flaw in its “share” feature. This allowed over 370,000 private chats to become publicly accessible, revealing content including business ideas, explicit messages, and instructions related to drugs and weapons, violating xAI’s usage policies. The exposure is reminiscent of similar issues previously reported with ChatGPT. Read More (MediaPost Rating)
Journalist Mario Guevara Sues Over Detention, Alleging Constitutional Violations
Mario Guevara, a journalist with MG News, remains in federal immigration custody despite all charges being dropped after his arrest at a protest near Atlanta. He is now suing the Trump administration, claiming unconstitutional detention. DHS alleges he is in the U.S. illegally, while his legal team says he holds valid authorization. Media and civil rights organizations argue his ongoing detention undermines press freedom and targets non-citizen journalists. Read More (The Hill Rating)
Google Discloses AI Energy Use in New Report
Google has released data showing a sharp decrease in the energy and carbon footprint of its Gemini AI prompts, claiming improvements of 33x in energy efficiency and 44x in emissions reduction over the past year. The company also published a methodology to better assess AI’s environmental impact, but emphasized the broader industry’s lack of standardized, first-party data. Read More (MediaPost Rating)
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