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15 May 2026 Vol 19

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X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire

Elon Musk’s AI company has restricted Grok’s controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool…

The Download: The case for AI slop, and helping CRISPR fulfill its promise

—Caiwei Chen If I were to locate the moment AI slop broke through into popular consciousness, I’d pick the video…

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion

Andreessen Horowitz just announced the firm has just raised a little more than $15 billion in new funding. The haul…

Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional

As age-verification laws continue to dismantle the adult industry—and determine the future of free speech on the internet—a Utah lawmaker…

‘Physical AI’ Is Coming for Your Car

Physical AI sounds like a contradiction in terms. A computer, but a body? But for the marketing architects, it’s the…

Burtran Nano-Oxy Smart Air Purifier: Safe Sleep?

I’m happy to report that Burtran’s claim was correct—its operation did not result in a spike of radioactivity. My entire…

Microsoft is making it much easier to add hyperlinks in Word docs

Microsoft is making it a lot faster and easier to add links to text inside Word documents. Instead of having…

This website plays the lottery every second to show why you'll (almost certainly) never win big

The Lottery Every Second website simulates draws for the US Powerball and the EuroJackpot, which is played in 18 European…

Unveiling the Hidden Dance of a Chainsaw Blade at 20,000FPS

Chainsaws rip through forests and backyards alike, reducing thick logs to manageable bits with brute force, but few people consider…

Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins

AI research lab Anthropic continues to land sizable enterprise deals. Its latest entails bringing its large language models to a…