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• Australia banned social media for under 16s a month ago — here's how it's going - The effects of a new social media ban for under 16s in Australia has been mixed so far. Some teens are embracing new habits while others are bypassing the law.
• Musk's xAI disables Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people after backlash - X's safety account said in a social media post that no users will be able to create sexualized images of real people using Grok.
• Elon Musk's xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok's deepfake explicit images - Musk's Grok AI chatbot faces investigations from India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ireland, Australia, the UK and France as well.
• Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription - Tesla is lagging Waymo in autonomous mobility as the Alphabet-owned driverless car service topped 450,000 paid weekly rides in December.
• Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI - Meta began laying off employees in its Reality Labs division focused on virtual reality and shut down several VR studios as it pushes resources towards AI.
• Why China Is Suddenly Obsessed With American Poverty - State media, embracing the gaming phrase “kill line,” is asserting China’s political superiority over the United States, deflecting focus on China’s own economic challenges.
• Trump says any country doing business with Iran will face 25% U.S. tariff - PoliticsTrump says any country doing business with Iran will face 25% U.S. tariffPublished Mon, Jan 12 20264:51 PM ESTUpdated 3 Min AgoKevin Breuninger@KevinWil
• Disinformation in Minneapolis Shooting Points at People That Were Not Involved - Within hours of an ICE officer shooting and killing a woman, social media users misidentified the agent who fired as Steve Grove.
• Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster - Meta said it secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are all working on nuclear power technologies.
• Intel stock rises after Trump touts 'very successful' CEO, applauds government's investment - In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he just met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and applauded the company for launching a processor in the U.S.