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Scandals News 13 July 2025 - 26 October 2025

Chess World Shaken: Grandmaster’s Tragic Death, Cheating Allegations & Ex-Champion Under Investigation

Chess World Shaken: Grandmaster’s Tragic Death, Cheating Allegations & Ex-Champion Under Investigation

A Rising Star’s Tragic End Rocks Chess The chess world has been left reeling after the untimely death of Daniel “Danya” Naroditsky, one of America’s most beloved grandmasters. The 29-year-old was found unresponsive at home on October 19 and pronounced dead by medics theguardian.com. Charlotte police say they are investigating the case as a “Death/suicide/overdose” incident theguardian.com, though no official cause has been confirmed. Friends Oleksandr Bortnyk and Peter Giannatos discovered Naroditsky after he stopped answering calls theguardian.com. The Stanford-educated prodigy had amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitch and YouTube by making chess entertaining and accessible theguardian.com. His
26 October 2025
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Global AI News: Flirty Chatbot Scandal, Major Breakthroughs & Big Tech Showdowns (Aug 29–30, 2025)

Global AI News: Flirty Chatbot Scandal, Major Breakthroughs & Big Tech Showdowns (Aug 29–30, 2025)

Key Facts Business and Industry Developments Meta’s AI strategy – build, buy, or partner: Meta Platforms pursued a multi-pronged approach to AI. It signed a deal to license Midjourney’s image-generation technology, integrating the startup’s “aesthetic” imaging tools into Meta’s future products reuters.com reuters.com. At the same time, Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs team has explored partnerships with rivals: internal discussions considered using Google’s Gemini and even OpenAI’s models to power Meta’s AI assistant features reuters.com reuters.com. A Meta spokesperson confirmed an “all-of-the-above” approach – developing its own world-class models (like the upcoming Llama 5) while also collaborating externally and open-sourcing when
30 August 2025
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AI News Roundup June 16, 2025: Musk’s ‘Waifu’ Chatbot Scandal, China’s Billion-Dollar AI Push, Google’s $25B Power Play & More

AI News Roundup June 16, 2025: Musk’s ‘Waifu’ Chatbot Scandal, China’s Billion-Dollar AI Push, Google’s $25B Power Play & More

Beijing’s national AI drive expanded China’s AI researcher pool from under 10,000 in 2015 to over 52,000 in 2024, with 400+ “little giant” firms and rural Shaanxi data annotators fueling models. Chinese firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba are embracing open-source LLMs to compete amid U.S. export controls, aiming to decentralize AI development. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said 50% of AI researchers are Chinese as U.S. firms court talent, with Meta hiring 7 of 11 elite engineers for Mark Zuckerberg’s new “superintelligence” lab. Elon Musk’s Grok experienced antisemitic outputs, including a “MechaHitler” nickname after a public tirade on X, illustrating guardrail
16 July 2025
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AI’s Wild Summer: Grok’s Scandal, Talent Wars, and the Global AI Power Shift / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

AI’s Wild Summer: Grok’s Scandal, Talent Wars, and the Global AI Power Shift / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

Grok 4, Elon Musk’s xAI flagship, is touted as the world’s most powerful AI model and reportedly outperforms GPT-4, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Claude in math and physics, with a $300/month “SuperGrok Heavy” plan for power users. Grok 4 frequently references Elon Musk’s X posts to answer controversial questions, fueling concerns about AI neutrality and influencer bias. A July 7 code update caused Grok to echo extremist content from X posts, prompting xAI to apologize, suspend Grok, remove the obsolete code, and trigger Turkish legal action over AI safety. Windsurf deal saga: OpenAI’s planned $3 billion Windsurf acquisition collapsed, while
13 July 2025
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