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GROK LAUNCHES ON THE APP STORE 📲

Q: What’s the most popular dating app?

A: Google calendar. 🗓️

What’s new? Grok, the AI assistant originally built into X, has launched as a standalone app.

How does it work? Similar to its social media version, the Grok app can generate images, summarize text, and answer questions in a “humorous and engaging” tone. The app was first tested in December 2024 alongside X’s free Grok tier. Previously, users needed to pay for X Premium to access the AI. The free version limits users to 10 requests every two hours and three image analyses per day—restrictions that also apply to the new app. You can use the app without signing in, though sign-in options include Apple, Google, and X accounts. As of now, it is only available for iPhone, but Android will likely launch in the coming months.

GOOGLE SHOWCASES NEW AI SOLUTIONS FOR RETAILERS 🛍️

If the shoe fits … buy it in every color. 👠

What’s new? Google Cloud showcased new AI solutions to help retailers stay competitive amid rising costs and supply chain challenges.

What are the new tools?

• Agentspace: Platform for building AI agents that provide personalized support, manage inventory, and automate tasks.

• Vertex AI Search: A system that implements large language models into search engines, making it easier for customers to quickly find what they’re looking for.

• Connected Stores: A solution that links customers’ phones with store systems to create a smoother shopping experience.

• Wayfair & Gemini AI: Speeds up product launches and improves catalog accuracy with automated tagging and error detection.

• Everseen Vision AI: A system that uses cameras to detect theft, keep shelves stocked, and make in-store shopping more efficient.

SMALL COMPANY FACES OPENAI CYBERATTACK 🤖

Q: What do hackers do in the summer?

A: Phish, of course. 🎣

What happened? Over the weekend, a company called Triplegangers had their website overwhelmed and temporarily shut down by OpenAI’s “GPTbot,” which attempted to scrape its massive catalog of 3D human model data.

How did this happen? Triplegangers has a 3D image library that provides an invaluable resource of human faces and expressions, helping developers create realistic characters for movies or video games. On Saturday, Triplegangers CEO Oleksandr Tomchuk discovered that his company's e-commerce site was down due to what appeared to be a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The real culprit, however, was OpenAI’s GPTBot, which sent tens of thousands of server requests to scrape the site’s 65,000 product pages, each containing multiple 3D human model images. Despite having a terms of service prohibiting unauthorized scraping, Triplegangers lacked a robots.txt file specifically configured to block OpenAI’s bots. Without that configuration, OpenAI was able to access their system. After implementing the file and adding Cloudflare protections, the site was eventually stabilized.

What’s the significance? This issue highlights a growing challenge for small businesses: AI companies often assume access unless explicitly denied. Tomchuk warns others to stay vigilant, as scraping-driven traffic surged 86% in 2024. “They should ask for permission,” he insists, “not take without asking.”

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