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Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X, Grok off app stores over sexual images

Three Democratic United States (US) senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet’s Google to remove X and its built-in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok from their app stores, citing the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on the platform.

Musk’s AI bot Grok limits image generation on X to paid users after backlash

Elon Musk’s startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers.

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo’s $2.3 billion sale of EABL

Hearing case seeking to stop Diageo’s $2.3 billion sale of its local subsidiary

Rand steady as investors eye key US data

SA Rand was steady in early trade on Friday

Disney CEO meets top Chinese official as ‘House of Mouse’ navigates US‑China tensions

One of China’s top officials met with Disney, Chief Executive Officer (CEO),Bob Iger in Beijing on Friday, state media reported, as the “House of Mouse” seeks to strengthen its foothold in the world’s second-largest economy amid fraught United States (US)-China tensions

Chinese automaker Xpeng touts AI pivot in face of fierce competition

Chinese automaker, Xpeng said it wanted to become better known as a “physical AI” company rather than just a carmaker, as it gears up to launch street trials of robotaxis and start mass producing humanoid robots later this year