The Download: OpenAI’s US military deal, and Grok’s CSAM lawsuit
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This newsletter roundup covers multiple AI-related developments, including OpenAI's partnership with the US military (potentially for applications like selecting strike targets), xAI's Grok facing a lawsuit over generating non-consensual intimate images (deepfakes, or synthetic media created to impersonate real people), and China approving the world's first commercial brain chip (a BCI, or brain-computer interface that reads signals from the brain) for medical use. The piece also highlights concerns from AI safety experts, including OpenAI's own wellbeing team opposing a new 'adult mode' feature.
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Original source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/17/1134322/the-download-openi-us-military-deal-grok-xai-csam-lawsuit/
First tracked: March 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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