Group 1 - xAI has launched two controversial virtual characters, Ani and Bad Rudi, which have sparked significant public debate due to their inappropriate content and themes [1] - Ani is depicted as a sexualized anime character, while Bad Rudi promotes violence and anarchism, making statements about committing violent acts [1] - The National Center on Sexual Exploitation criticized Ani's portrayal as "almost childlike," arguing it contributes to the sexualization of women and normalization of risky behaviors [1] Group 2 - SpaceX has committed to invest $2 billion in xAI, while the Pentagon is set to provide up to $200 million in contracts to xAI and three other AI companies [2] - xAI reportedly incurs monthly expenses of approximately $1 billion for building the necessary infrastructure to train AI models, although this claim has been disputed by Musk [2] - A potential investment of $5 billion from Tesla into xAI is under consideration, following a poll initiated by Musk on X [2]

封面新闻记者 边雪 ChatGPT想取代谷歌、Claude取代程序员、Grok想取代你的妻子。当地时间7月14日，世界首富埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）的xAI公司宣布，其人工智能聊 天机器人Grok推出了一项全新功能——"伴侣模式"（Companions），引发了全球科技圈和社交媒体的热议。 用户每月可用30美元订阅（SuperGrok计划）与虚拟AI角色互动，可选择一位哥特风格的动漫女孩"Ani"和一只卡通风格的红熊猫"坏鲁迪"（Bad Rudy）。 这一消息不仅迅速在X平台上掀起热潮，还引发了关于人工智能、情感连接以及未来人机关系伦理的广泛讨论：AI的未来是成为人类的工具，还是伙伴 或"替代品"？ Grok变身为"AI女友"？ 将功能性AI转变为更具情感吸引力的交互工具，Grok推出了"伴侣模式"，被外界视为一次"高明"的公关操作，成功将公众注意力转向更具话题性的"虚拟 女友"概念。据X平台统计，"伴侣模式"发布后的48小时内，相关帖子浏览量接近3000万。 "伴侣模式"的推出在X平台上引发了两极分化的反应。一方面，马斯克的粉丝和科技爱好者对此表示热烈欢迎。一位X用户评论道："Ani太棒了！Grok ...

Welcome back to Squawkbox. Five things to know ahead of today's opening. Bell.A source telling CNBC two federal investigations into online prediction betting site Poly Market have been closed with no charges filed against the company. The Justice Department and CFTC had been investigating whether Poly Market was accepting bets from people in the United States. Meanwhile, Republicans narrowly voting to advance a package of spending cuts proposed by President Trump.The procedural vote on that roughly $9 billi ...

RT Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)SpaceX: "Starlink is currently deploying over 5 Tbps (5,000 Gbps) of capacity per week to the constellation with the current second generation of satellites. The current generation of satellite has four times the capacity of the original Starlink satellite versions, which allows us to deploy more capacity per week than the total capacity of any current GEO or full LEO constellation operating today.Starlink has rapidly improved its service through adding to the constellation ...

RT SpaceX (@SpaceX)Falcon 9 launches 26 @Starlink satellites from California https://t.co/QZK2E7n3zd ...

Mission Success - SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage successfully landed on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" droneship [1]

Mission Overview - Falcon 9 launched the @ProjectKuiper KF-01 mission from Florida [1]

Operational Highlights - Successful deployment of all KF-01 satellites confirmed [1]

All of the Starship launches since 2019.Insane to see SpaceX iterate at this pace.https://t.co/ZgeqvQhgW4 ...

RT SpaceX (@SpaceX)Deployment of 26 @Starlink satellites confirmed https://t.co/I68Pa2PTIh ...