If you want to share a chat with friends on Grok, you might get more than you bargained for. According to Forbes, the share-button generates a unique URL that is also shared with search engines, and they found more than 370K stored Grok conversations on Google. OpenAI had a similar problem a few weeks back, and disabled the option. No news yet on mitigation from x.ai.
More at Forbes.
Meta AI enacts hiring freeze as part of reorg
The Wall Street Journal reports that it is part of a wider reorganization of the «Superintelligence» unit, and CNBC reports that it is about «creating a solid structure» for the lab. Apparently, investors have been spooked by the massive expenditures on the unit, after spending big this summer to secure talent. Alexandr Wang, head of the Superintelligence Lab, denies the reports.
More at the WSJ and CNBC.
AI mode massively expands, gets restaurant finder
Google’s AI search is expanding to 180 countries, but will stick with English, after a short period of only being available in the US, India and the UK. It is also getting shareable links to exchange queries with friends or colleagues. In addition, it will be getting a series of agentic features, and is already able to find you a restaurant based on «your unique tastes,» gathered from past searches and Maps history. This will also work for service appointments and event tickets sometime in the future.
More at Google launch page, 9to5Google and Engadget.
Google gets in on the cheap government gig
Trailing OpenAI and Anthropic, Google is now also launching Gemini for Government, partnering with the General Services Administration to bring the full AI platform to agencies for $0.50 for a year. That includes Gemini 2.5 Pro, NotebookLM, Deep Research and Veo 3. «GSA appreciates Google’s partnership and we’re excited to add the comprehensive ‘Gemini for Government’ AI solution to OneGov» says the GSA on the launch.
More at Google’s launch page, Engadget, tweet by Sundar Pichai.