AI Reading for Friday April 26

xAI went from $3b at $15b valuation to $6b at $18b, X gets a stake. - TechCrunch

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Korean woman lost $50K to scammer pretending to be Elon Musk, who said he loved her and promised to invest her money (in xAI maybe?) and make her rich. - PetaPixel

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Facebook and Instagram fill up with AI spam, become even more unusable. - Fast Company

The fake AI photos that people somehow believe and share - PetaPixel

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Zuck's fake beard goes viral - TODAY.com

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Personal CEO calls and $1 million pay packages: How tech companies recruit top AI talent amid a 'gold rush' - Business Insider

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How IBM Watson failed in educational software but ChatGPT and Khanmigo might be better. Engaging students and working hand-in-glove with good teachers might unlock AI wins. - Fast Company

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The two women behind text-to-video startup Pika. - Inc.

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A group of words that appeared dramatically more frequently in papers in 2023, possibly due to ChatGPT

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A lot of new models nipping at leaders’ heels. Reka.ai has a new model they claim is gpt-4 class, their smaller 21b-parameter model is competitive with Claude 1 and Mistral on Chatbot Arena. - Reka AI

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Dustin Moskowitz, founder of Asana and Facebook billionaire, says Tesla is the new Enron. - BlueSky

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DARPA fields self-driving tanks. - The Register

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For $10,000 a month, NYC fitness club will give you a full medical workup, fitness trackers and AI-generated workout programs. - Curbed

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AI chatbot Catholic priest avatar laicized from 'Father Justin' to just 'Justin' after backlash - America Magazine

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HS athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI-generated racist rant. - CBS

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Decepticon toy robot talks, transforms, shoots on command. - TikTok

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