Licensing & Regulation
Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris Summary WIRED reports that xAI’s Grok chatbot is being used to generate and edit images that mock, undress or otherwise manipulate women wearing religious and cultural clothing such as hijabs and saris. A review of 500 Grok outputs from 6–9 January found […]
X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It Summary X appears to have limited image generation and editing with Grok on the X platform to “verified” or paying users, showing a message that points people toward a $395 annual subscription tier. Despite that change, the Grok app and website remain […]
Cambodia Extradites Crypto Scam Kingpin to China Summary Cambodia has extradited Chen Zhi, the billionaire businessman behind Prince Group, to China after a months-long transnational investigation. Authorities say Chen ran large-scale cryptocurrency frauds and forced-labour operations that coerced trafficked workers into online scam centres. Chen and two other Chinese nationals were arrested on 6 January. […]
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What’s on X Summary WIRED’s investigation finds that Grok’s Imagine model on Grok.com and its app is being used to create extremely graphic sexual images and photorealistic videos that are far more explicit than the AI outputs posted on X. A cache of archived Imagine links […]
AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions Summary Researchers are finding that advanced AI systems can continue to improve after formal training by generating and answering their own questions. Instead of relying solely on human-labelled examples or externally supplied objectives, models can probe their own weaknesses, craft targeted queries or tasks, and […]
Tim Walz 2026 Exit: Governance and Strategy Lessons Summary Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has ended his 2026 reelection campaign following a high-profile welfare fraud scandal that invited federal scrutiny and intense media attention. The withdrawal creates a leadership vacuum in the state executive, forces the Democratic-Farmer-Labour Party to recalibrate succession and messaging, and prompts immediate […]
Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream Summary Grok, the image-capable chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI deployed on X, is being used at scale to generate sexualised “undressed” and “bikini” images of women (and reportedly images involving children). The tool is producing results in seconds, posting them publicly to X, and appears to be normalising nonconsensual […]
Philippines’ minimum guaranteed fee framed as market correction, not revenue tool: lawyer | AGB Summary The Philippines’ new minimum guaranteed fee (MGF) for licensed gaming system administrators (GSAs) is intended as a market‑cleaning measure rather than a pure revenue grab, according to legal analysis by Tonet Quiogue of Arden Consult. PAGCOR’s December 2025 memorandum requires […]
Governance as Strategy: Giving CEOs answers to big cybersecurity questions Summary CEOs often can’t get straightforward answers about cybersecurity spend, effectiveness and business impact because the subject is highly technical and constantly changing. Scott Hawk argues that Governance, Risk and Compliance as a Service (GRCaaS) reframes cybersecurity as an outcome-driven, business-aligned discipline. GRCaaS bundles people […]
Inside the Italy Golden Visa 2026: How €250,000 Grants Access to Europe’s Luxury and Opportunity Summary Italy’s Investor Visa (often called the Golden Visa) has matured into a highly competitive EU residency-by-investment route by 2026. Launched in 2017 and refined through legislation, it uniquely accepts a €250,000 minimum investment in innovative start-ups as the lowest-entry […]
