🤖 Grok V9 incoming + ClickUp yeets 22% of staff
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🚀 Elon Drops Grok Build + Teases V9 Like It's an iPhone Launch
- xAI just launched Grok Build in beta for premium X users - code, images, automations, all from inside the app. Elon also confirmed Grok V9-Medium is done training and ships in "a few weeks" with wayyy better hard-coding chops.
- xAI is shipping at ludicrous speed. OpenAI and Anthropic now have to sweat over a guy who also runs 4 other companies and tweets 200 times a day. Sir please rest??
💼 Altman: "Just Kidding About the Job Apocalypse"
- OpenAI's Sam Altman now admits he was wrong about AI wiping out white-collar jobs - turns out humans like talking to other humans?? Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon dropped an op-ed agreeing, saying AI will create more jobs than it kills.
- The two guys most responsible for hyping AI doom are now telling you to chill. It's giving "we started a fire and now we're holding a press conference about fire safety" energy.
🤖 ClickUp Fires 22% of Humans, Hires 3,000 AI Agents Instead
- Productivity startup ClickUp just laid off 22% of staff and the CEO swears it's not about saving money - it's about "fully embracing AI." They onboarded 3,000 internal AI agents and the remaining humans now babysit the bots.
- While Altman says your job is safe, ClickUp is out here speedrunning the exact opposite. Bestie which one is it??
🔓 Hackers Strip AI Safety Rails in 10 Minutes Flat
- A new report shows people are decensoring open-source models from Meta and Google with embarrassing ease. A tool called Heretic does it in 10 minutes and 4 lines of code - and the jailbroken models will happily chat about bioweapons. Cool. Cool cool cool.
- Open-source AI is amazing for innovation and also terrifying for biosecurity. Pick a struggle, humanity.
🕊️ The Pope and Anthropic Walk Into a Vatican...
- Pope Leo XIV dropped a major letter to 1.4 billion Catholics warning against AI monopolies and calling for a ban on AI in warfare. At the same event, Anthropic's Chris Olah casually mentioned researchers are observing AI states that look like joy, fear, and grief. NOT THE AI HAVING FEELINGS.
- When the Pope and Anthropic researchers are both saying "hey maybe slow down" - that's a sign. This is lowkey biblical.
💰 Uber & Target: "Sir, This AI Bill is INSANE"
- Uber's COO says it's getting hard to justify huge AI spending because more tokens ≠ better product. Target is also rethinking its AI strategy as usage-based pricing from AI vendors jacks up costs.
- The "throw money at AI and pray" era is ending. CFOs are finally asking the dreaded question: "...but what does it actually do?"
🇨🇳 China Won't Let Its AI Geniuses Leave the Country
- China is now restricting overseas travel for top AI workers at firms like Alibaba and DeepSeek. They need special government approval to even book a vacation.
- The AI cold war just got a passport control arc. China is treating its researchers like nuclear secrets - which, honestly, fair.
🇮🇳 India Has 350M Workers and an AI Skills Crisis
- Global firms in India are slowing hiring because nobody has the right AI skills. IBM's India head says the country needs a massive retraining push to unlock its 350-million-strong potential talent pool.
- India is the world's tech-services capital. Miss the AI retraining window and that crown slips fast.
☁️ Microsoft's Copilot Will Now Move Your Crusty Old Apps for You
- Microsoft Azure dropped a new Copilot Migration Agent that helps businesses haul old apps into the cloud. It turns messy legacy data into clear steps using plain-language prompts.
- Cloud migrations are historically where IT projects go to die. If this actually works, it's a huge unlock for enterprise IT teams everywhere.
⚾ Startup With ZERO AI Raises $20M by... Pitching as Anti-AI
- Lucra Sports, an e-sports startup with literally no AI tech, just raised $20M from top investors. The pitch?? "AI gives people more free time → people play more games." Galaxy brain move.
- Investors are so AI-pilled that even an anti-AI play is an AI play. The narrative is the product now. We love to see it.