FTC Bans Fake Reviews and SoftBank's Ambitious AI Chip Plans

The new version of Grok will pretty much let you make an AI image of anything or anyone. More rumors of an iPad/robot/smart home hybrid from Apple. Masa Son wanted Intel to spin up a competitor to Nvidia, but Intel reportedly couldn’t hack it. And is Sonos going to just say, heck with it, and re-release their old app that actually worked?

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Links:

• X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun (The Verge)
• Apple Pushes Ahead With Tabletop Robot in Search of New Revenue (Bloomberg)
• Apple is finally going to open up iPhone tap-to-pay (The Verge)
• The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews (Engadget)
• SoftBank discussed AI chips tie-up with Intel to rival Nvidia (Financial Times)
• Sonos considers relaunching its old app (The Verge)

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