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X gave Grok AI automatic permission to train using your data—Here’s how to stop it

Twitter users have been automatically opted in to sharing their data with the tool.

In more questionable X (formerly Twitter) news, the social media site recently activated a new setting that will allow AI to use your data to train. Basically, X opted you into handing out your posts to its Grok AI tool, a rival of ChatGPT, without your permission. 

 

Apple’s iPhone drops out of the top-five most popular smartphones in China

iPhone shipments in the country dropped 3.1% year-over-year in the second quarter, according to a new report.

Apple’s iPhones are losing their appeal in China while local competitors are advancing, according to market tracker IDC. 

 

Video game turmoil: What the actor strike means for blockbusters like ‘Fortnite’ and ‘GTA’

SAG-AFTRA has returned to the picket line—this time against game makers such as Epic and Activision, over voice and motion-capture actors’ AI concerns.

Just shy of a year after Hollywood actors went on strike against the television and motion picture industries, SAG-AFTRA is headed back to the picket lines.

 

Minnetonka Beach home near Lafayette Club lists for sale (gallery)

Built in 2022, the home sits next to the lakeside Lafayette Club, a country club with a nine-hole golf course, six pickleball courts, indoor and outdoor pools, a 2,400-square-foot fitness center and more.

 

Amtrak's Union Station takeover will proceed Monday

The nation's rail system will take control after a Friday court ruling.

 

Investment firm provides $105M loan to Belmont apartment complex

Windy Hill Property Ventures secured a $105 million loan from Värde for its apartment complex in Belmont.

 

More apartments planned near Cosumnes River College in South Sacramento

The project would have 54 apartments in three-story buildings.

 

Redco, taking the long view, eyes another office acquisition in downtown San Francisco

The San Francisco-based investor, part of a group that acquired and reopened Harrington's Bar & Grill, is in talks to acquire a second downtown San Francisco office building.

 

Homebuilder plans third active adult community in Paulding County

A Kentucky-based homebuilder is planning another active adult community for metro Atlanta.

 

PGE sees surging industrial load, need for more renewables

Portland General Electric says data centers fueled 6.2% industrial load growth in Q2.

 

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