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Elon's making moves with Grok. Coinbase is getting brutal about AI adoption. And Netflix just dropped their playbook for using AI in shows.
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1. Elon Musk Open Sources Grok 2.5 (With Some Serious Strings Attached)
xAI just dropped Grok 2.5 as open source on Hugging Face. But here's what you need to know.
You can use it and modify it, but you can't use it to train or improve other AI models. The package is 500 GB and requires eight GPUs with at least 40 GB of memory each. Not exactly laptop-friendly. Musk also promised Grok 3 will go open source in about 6 months.

2. Coinbase CEO Literally Fired Engineers for Not Using AI Tools
Brian Armstrong isn't messing around with AI adoption.
When engineers warned adoption would be slow, Armstrong posted in Slack: use AI by end of week or explain why in a Saturday meeting. Some who showed up had valid reasons. "And some of them didn't and they got fired," he said. Now 33% of Coinbase's code is AI-generated, targeting 50% by September.

3. Netflix Sets Clear Rules for AI in Content Production
Netflix just published detailed guidelines for using AI in their shows and movies.
Key rules: don't replicate copyrighted material, don't replace talent without consent, and always get approval for sensitive uses. This comes after they used AI to create a building collapse scene 10x faster in "The Eternaut." The message: use AI to enhance creativity, not replace humans.

4. Apple Lets Businesses Control ChatGPT Access for Employees
Apple's rolling out new enterprise controls for AI as it integrates ChatGPT into its devices.
With the release of Apple's software updates arriving in September, the tech giant is adding another option for enterprise customers: the ability to configure the use of an enterprise version of OpenAI's ChatGPT. But here's the kicker - it's not hardcoded to just ChatGPT. Apple's support documents indicate that IT administrators will be able to restrict or allow any "external" artificial intelligence provider, not just OpenAI's technology. Companies can decide if data gets processed in the cloud or stays on-device.

5. YouTube Might Be AI-Upscaling Your Shorts (Without Telling You)
Creators are noticing something weird happening to their YouTube Shorts.
Videos are showing that telltale AI smoothness - unnatural facial features, weird text glitches, and that plastic look. The theory? YouTube's compressing videos then using AI to upscale them back up to save bandwidth. Problem is, it makes everything look fake and creators aren't happy about it.

6. Meta Partners with Midjourney to License AI Tech
Meta just struck a deal to license Midjourney's "aesthetic technology" for future products.
Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced Friday in a post on Threads that research teams will collaborate to bring Midjourney's tech into Meta's AI models. Midjourney CEO David Holz confirmed his company remains independent with no investors. This could help Meta compete with OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo in the AI image/video race.

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