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• Andrew Pardo, a former intern at Steve Cohen's Point72, is suing the firm.
• Pardo's suit states that he was fired after he asked for accommodations for his PTSD.
• Point72 said in a statement that the suit is "ridiculous and without merit."

A former Point72 intern says he asked the firm for a quieter desk — and got fired instead. Now he's suing Steve Cohen's $39.9

• AT&T CEO John Stankey recently sent a memo to managers urging employees to embrace cultural changes.
• Over 300 Business Insider readers provided feedback on his memo.
• While some readers said it was an effective message to employees, others disagreed.

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Updated on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 11:00 a.m. ET — Other outlets have also reported that Grok Imagine will readily produce sexual deepfakes. The Verge reported on Tuesday that the Grok Imagine "Spicy" setting produced nude deepfakes of Taylor Swift, unprompted. This isn't Elon Musk or X's first controversy involving Taylor Swift deepfakes; in January 2024, AI-generated deepfakes of Swift went viral

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Grok Imagine, xAI's new generative AI tool, created explicit deepfakes of Taylor Swift — and without being specifically prompted to do so, according to The Verge. Mashable reported yesterday that Grok Imagine lacks even basic guardrails around sexual deepfakes, and our testing produced similar results as The Verge.

The Verge's Jess Weatherbed discovered that Grok Imagine "spit out full uncensored

• McDonald's has talked up the importance of bringing back a cheap fan favorite.
• The $2.99 Snack Wrap is "the right product with the right value proposition," the company said after earnings.
• CEO Chris Kempczinski said "re-engaging the low-income consumer is critical."

McDonald's has emphasized the importance of bringing back a cheap

• Waymo AVs complete more daily rides than 99% of human drivers, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said.
• The stat is among early results from Uber's Waymo partnership, which has AVs in Atlanta and Austin.
• Uber has to prove that self-driving cars make financial sense to investors, Khosrowshahi said.

Uber's gig-worker drivers have some stiff competition from

• Sean "Diddy" Combs' camp has reached out to the Trump administration about a pardon, his lawyer said.
• Combs is facing up to 20 years in prison following his conviction on two prostitution-related counts.
• Trump has recently signaled he's unlikely to pardon Combs due to past negative comments about him.

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