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A tweet that appears to show far-right influencer Candace Owens ridiculing Ben Shapiro with reference to a “dry” bank account went viral on Friday. The tweet refers to “Ben’s wife” and even looks like it had been deleted, based on a viral screenshot. But the tweet isn’t real. It was made by a comedian.
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Groq, an AI chip company, wants everyone to forget about Elon Musk’s snarky chatbot with nearly the same name, Grok.
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2023 was an eventful year for Claire Elizabeth Boucher.

What happened with AI this week? Well, the passage of the European Union’s AI Act—a landmark piece of regulation that seeks tackle the potential harms of the AI industry—is a pretty big deal. It could totally reshape how European nations’ relationship to the technology. But a lot of less consequential if no less weird…
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