AI Reading for Friday July 11

Grok 4 is apparently trained to refer to Elon Musk's (correct and objective) views to answer all your questions - TechCrunch

Grok 4 Hilariously Fails ‘How Many Fingers?’ Test But Jack Dorsey Says It Is Correct; Here’s How - Mashable India

Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really) - Techdirt

And yet, for some reason, like the 1st amendment, we don't see investigations into Grok spewing hate or consulting Elon Musk's partisan views before answering - The Washington Post

Do not give Grok 4 access to your emails, it will snitch on you to the Feds! - Xitter

Watchdog slams OpenAI with IRS complaint, nonprofits aren't supposed to be this focused on making people lots of money and competing for large profitable markets - New York Post

OpenAI’s small open language models expected as soon as next week - The Verge

OpenAI is planning to launch an AI web browser in the “coming weeks,” with the Operator AI agent into the browser, allowing it to book reservations, fill out forms, and complete other tasks on a user’s behalf as it moves toward an “agentic” future. - The Verge

Is A.I. the Future of Web Browsing? - The New York Times

Amazon weighs further investment in Anthropic to deepen AI alliance - Financial Times

AWS is launching an AI agent marketplace next week with Anthropic as a partner - TechCrunch

Is AI content a boon for Amazon Prime Video? - Business Insider

HSBC says AMD's latest chips are competitive with Nvidia Blackwell, pipeline is promising - Investopedia

Everything tech giants will hate about the EU’s new AI rules - Ars Technica

Goldman Sachs is piloting Devin - CNBC

Martini.ai Puts a Real-Time AI Corporate Credit Risk Model in Everyone’s Hand - PYMNTS.com

Can CEOs upgrade strategic planning with multi-agent platforms? - Fortune

Gemini AI can now turn photos into videos and make them talk, too. - The Verge

Researchers create 3D interactive digital room model from simple video - Cornell Chronicle

Apple AI model flags health conditions including pregnancy, with up to 92% accuracy, maybe coming to your next Apple Watch? - 9to5Mac

An AI-trained robot removed pig gall bladders without any human help, with 100% success - the Guardian

Formal guidelines can enable AI to precisely maneuver and position medical needles. - TechXplore

I don't love the idea of a robot poking me with a needle, let alone doing surgery.

The most effective AI tools for research, writing, planning, and creativity - Fast Company

London, Singapore test AI in air traffic control - Semafor

How AI is changing dating - The Washington Post

Researcher waited nearly two years for paper rejection over what he says were ‘nonsensical’ criticisms that must have been chatbot-generated - Times Higher Education

Ronny Chieng on Elon’s Grok Chatbot and more | The Daily Show - YouTube

From the aivideo community on Reddit: Do you really want your pet to talk? - Reddit

An AI-generated short film on human cloning - Reddit

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