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Grok and ChatGPT put their heaviest users on a tighter ration
Elon Musk admits Grok Bot became too expensive to run, while OpenAI will have ChatGPT and Codex draw on a single shared allowance.
4 sources · TechCrunch, TechRadar, Yahoo FinanceGoldman Sachs takes AI coding assistants away from its bankers and traders
According to Bloomberg, only the investment bank's roughly 12,000 engineers may still use Claude Code and GitHub's coding tools.
2 sources · Bloomberg, PYMNTSFour American newspapers take Brave to court over the search index it sells
The New York Times and three titles from the Alden group accuse the browser maker of harvesting their journalism and reselling it to AI companies.
2 sources · TechCrunch, The Next WebProgramming languages
On GitHub, agents kick off four out of ten pull requests
The annual Octoverse report shows an explosion in commits and pushes, with TypeScript as the most popular language and Rust as the fastest grower.
2 sources · GitHub Blog, GitGuardianTornadoVM drops Graal and now translates Java into GPU code on its own
Version 8.0 of the open source project brings its own compiler that turns Java kernels into CUDA, OpenCL or Metal, without developers having to change their code.
2 sources · InfoQ, GitHubOther tech
Chinese manufacturer built a backdoor into 1.3 million TV boxes, and Google has knocked the network out
Together with Japanese police and security firms, Google disabled the XCPE botnet and is barring device maker Videostrong from its Android programme.
2 sources · The Register, CyberScoopAfter France, intruders now switch Belgian shop fridges to defrost
During the night from Sunday to Monday, temperatures rose in the fridges and freezers of dozens of supermarkets, including Delhaize, Carrefour and Intermarché.
2 sources · RetailDetail, The RegisterSUSE sheds a tenth of its workforce and points to AI
The Linux company, owned by investor EQT, is laying off roughly one in ten of its approximately 1,900 employees after too few people left voluntarily.
2 sources · The Register, AI Weekly