xAI’s promised safety report is MIA

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has missed a self-imposed deadline to publish a finalized AI safety framework, as noted by watchdog group The Midas Project. xAI isn’t exactly known for its strong commitments to AI safety as it’s commonly understood. A recent report found that the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, would undress photos of women when…

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Microsoft Office 2019 is on sale for £23

TL;DR: Hurry and grab lifetime access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with a Microsoft Office 2019 licence for Windows at £22.56 through May 18. Your credit card is exhausted from all of today’s subscription fees. While you probably don’t want to cancel your fave streaming site or say goodbye to two-day shipping with Prime,…

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Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode

Chesky explains that historically, people used Airbnb only once or twice a year, so its design had to be exceptionally simple. Now the company is retooling for more frequent access. Open the app, and you see a trio of icons that act as gateways to the expanded functions. Within minutes Chesky and his lieutenants are…

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A VPN Company Canceled All Lifetime Subscriptions, Claiming It Didn’t Know About Them

The new owners of VPN provider VPNSecure have drawn ire after canceling lifetime subscriptions. The owners told customers that they didn’t know about the lifetime subscriptions when they bought VPNSecure, and they cannot honor the purchases. In March, complaints started appearing online about lifetime subscriptions to VPNSecure no longer working. The first public response Ars…

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