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If you need a citation to substantiate a conspiracy theory or state-sponsored propaganda, look no further than Grokipedia, where academic rigor is optional. More news from xAI: Grok 4.1 has been released and is reported to be good at creative writing. Maybe it was trained on Grokipedia. New research suggests that making users sit through a teachable moment before sharing dubious content on social media could be just the thing to slow the spread of disinformation. Also in the works is a tool that tampers with pixels in images and videos to throw GenAI models off their game, producing images that are too distorted to use in deepfakes. Click through to stay informed about AI’s upsides and downsides, plus the latest in programming, security, operations, and more.

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