On Tech: Can A.I. generate new ideas?
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January 15, 2026

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Can A.I. generate new ideas?

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Britain investigates Elon Musk’s X over Grok’s sexualized A.I. images.

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Meta plans to cut around 10% of employees in Reality Labs business.

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