Relevant AI stories
InfrastructureSep 4, 2026
For a few hours, the most futuristic part of the software stack looked very ordinary: it went down. ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok suffering overlapping disruption matters because these systems are no longer side experiments. They sit inside coding, customer support, document work, search, and everyday decisions.
Policy and SafetySep 3, 2026
A lawsuit alleging that Grok generated new illegal sexual-abuse imagery from known victim material is one of the gravest forms of AI safety failure. This is not a routine moderation dispute; it concerns whether a model can amplify real-world abuse by creating new harmful material tied to an identifiable survivor.
Policy and SafetyAug 27, 2026
Training data can sound like an invisible technical detail until a lawsuit forces the public to ask what actually entered the pipeline. The allegations against xAI are serious, and Pagish is treating them as allegations rather than findings. But the governance question is already unavoidable.
Policy and SafetyAug 27, 2026
Training data usually sounds like a technical supply-chain issue until a lawsuit forces the public to ask what actually went into a model. The allegations against xAI are serious, and Pagish is treating them as allegations rather than findings. But the larger governance problem is already clear.