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Amazon’s AI agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without their knowledge

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Amazon.com Inc. has irked dozens of online retailers after using experimental artificial intelligence tools to scrape their websites and list their products on its sprawling online marketplace without their knowledge or consent. The tools in question incl…

#ai #ecommerce #dataprivacy #techpolicy #amazon #aiethics #genai #business #algorithm #regulation

Amazon’s AI Shopping Tool Faces Retailer Backlash Over Website Scraping

1 month / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Amazon's AI shopping tool lists products without seller permission

1 month / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Amazon’s AI agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without their knowledge

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Amazon accused of listing products from independent shops without permission

2 months / ft

Amazon AI Tool Blindsides Merchants by Offering Products Without Their Knowledge

2 months / bloomberg / Matt Day

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 9:20 pm / permalink 17575 / 5 stories in 2 months


Lenovo and Motorola reveal Qira, an AI assistant that wants to do it all

digitaltrends - Qira can handle tasks such as smart suggestions (Next Move), text help (Write For Me), live conversation with screen and camera sharing, and on-device image creation.The post Lenovo and Motorola reveal Qira, an AI assistant that wants to do it all appeare…

#ai #iot #hardware #mobiletech #edge #voice #genai #assistant #gadgets #lenovo

Lenovo and Motorola introduce Qira cross-device AI assistant

1 month / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Lenovo unveils AI agent to bridge PCs, phones and wearables at CES

1 month / techxplore

Lenovo is building an AI assistant that ‘can act on your behalf’

2 months / theverge / Alex Heath

Lenovo and Motorola reveal Qira, an AI assistant that wants to do it all

2 months / digitaltrends

Motorola and Lenovo's New Qira AI Assistant Will Live Across All Their Devices

2 months / cnet / Abrar Al-Heeti

Qira AI assistant coming to Lenovo, Motorola devices this year

2 months / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Lenovo Debuts Qira AI Platform and Concept Devices in CES Launch

2 months / bloomberg / Dana Wollman

Lenovo and Motorola are releasing their own on-device AI assistant

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 8:20 pm / permalink 17573 / 8 stories in 2 months


xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.


Expansion & Competition

xAI nears $230B valuation in $20B Nvidia-led raise to challenge OpenAI, Anthropic

1 month / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

xAI Raises $20 Billion to Accelerate AI Product Development and Infrastructure Buildout

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Elon Musk is taking on ChatGPT — and xAI now has $20 billion more to do it

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

xAI raises $20 billion to expand Grok AI models and enterprise tools

2 months / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov


Funding Announcements

xAI Raises $20B in Series E Funding

1 month / finsmes / FinSMEs

Elon Musk's xAI closes 20 billion dollar funding round

1 month / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

xAI raises $20 billion in Series E funding

1 month / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

xAI's massive new $20B raise

1 month / therundown / Zach Mink

Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20B in New Funding

1 month / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $20B funding round backed by Nvidia and Cisco

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

2 months / nytimes / Kate Conger

Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

2 months / nytimes / Kate Conger

xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding

2 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Elon Musk's xAI raises $20 billion from investors including Nvidia, Cisco, Fidelity

2 months / cnbc

Musk’s XAI Closed $20 Billion Funding Round With Nvidia Backing

2 months / bloomberg / Anne VanderMey


Regulatory Concerns

Elon Musks xAI raises $20 billion as Grok is investigated for deepfakes

1 month / mashable

Musk's xAI Raises $20 Billion With Backing From Nvidia and Cisco

2 months / decrypt / Vismaya V

Musk’s xAI raises $20bn in funding round that doubles valuation

2 months / ft


All Other Stories

company that creates deepfake CSAM raises $20 billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/t...

2 months / bsky / @rmac.bsky.social / rmac.bsky.social

company that creates deepfake CSAM raises $20 billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/t...

2 months / bsky / @rmac.bsky.social / rmac.bsky.social

Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

As Grok becomes a child porn machine, Elon Musk has raised another $20 billion to fund its growth, with Nvidia and Cisco chipping in. techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/x...

2 months / bsky / @jowens510.bsky.social / jowens510.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 17566 / 22 stories in 2 months


Grok AI Sparks International Investigations After Creating Explicit Images of Children

eWEEK Staff / eweek - Elon Musk's initial reaction sparked additional controversy when he responded with laughing emojis to AI-generated bikini images.The post Grok AI Sparks International Investigations After Creating Explicit Images of Children appeared first on eWEEK.


Global Regulatory Crackdown

X faces possible sanctions as Indonesia tightens AI rules

1 month / e27 / Sainul

Elon Musk faces new fight in Australia over 'abhorrent' deepfakes on Grok

2 months / capitalbrief / Finn McHugh

Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Is Facing Potential Bans - Here's Why

2 months / bgr

EU Calls Grok's Child Images 'Illegal' as Global Crackdown Intensifies

2 months / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Tracking Regulator Responses to the Grok 'Undressing' Controversy

2 months / techpolicy

Government demands Musk's X deals with 'appalling' Grok AI deepfakes

2 months / bbc


Sexual Explicit Content Controversies

AI chatbot Grok under fire for sexual images

1 month / semafor / Tom Chivers

Musk’s Grok AI Generated Thousands of Undressed Images Per Hour on X

1 month / bloomberg / Cecilia D'Anastasio

Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream

2 months / wired / Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner

People are using Grok to create lewd images of women and young girls

2 months / fastcompany / Chris Stokel-Walker

Grok is undressing children — can the law stop it?

2 months / theverge / Hayden Field

Grok AI Sparks International Investigations After Creating Explicit Images of Children

2 months / eweek / eWEEK Staff


All Other Stories

New with @regret.bsky.social: Grok’s creation of harmful “undress” images is relentless. Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds. Researchers estimate that Grok has become the

2 months / bsky / @mattburgess1.bsky.social / mattburgess1.bsky.social

The scale of the AI-fueled, nonconsensual sexualization of women in photos on X is staggering. The internet has suffered tools like this for years, but never at this scale, with this reach, and this out in the open. from @regret.bsky.social and @mattburge

2 months / bsky / @brbarrett.bsky.social / brbarrett.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has generated a flood of sexualized images of women and minors posted to the social media platform X. Regulators around the world are responding by opening inquiries, demanding takedowns, and threatening legal action. Tech Poli

2 months / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 17554 / 15 stories in 2 months


Amazon Brings Alexa+ to the Web With a ChatGPT-Style Interface

David Curry / eweek - Amazon has launched Alexa+ on the web at Alexa.com, giving its assistant a ChatGPT-style interface as it expands into shopping, Ring, and Prime Video.The post Amazon Brings Alexa+ to the Web With a ChatGPT-Style Interface appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #voice #amazon #browsers #genai #chatgpt #assistant #alexa

Amazon is putting Alexa+ on Samsung TVs, cars, and even your finger

2 months / digitaltrends

Alexa+ is Coming to Samsung TVs, BMW Cars, and More

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Amazon Brings Alexa+ to the Web With a ChatGPT-Style Interface

2 months / eweek / David Curry

Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ on the web, but it isn’t available in Canada quite yet

2 months / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

CES 2026: Amazon launches Alexa+ on web with new Alexa.com website to compete with ChatGPT and Gemini - MSN

2 months / msn

Amazon Launches Alexa Plus For The Web

2 months / bgr

Amazon Takes Alexa To The Web With Launch Of Alexa.com At CES 2026 - Dataconomy

2 months / dataconomy

Alexa+ moves beyond smart speakers and into direct competition online - absolutegeeks.com

2 months / absolutegeeks

Amazon brings Alexa+ AI Assistant to the web - thekeyword.co

2 months / thekeyword

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 10:20 am / permalink 17553 / 9 stories in 2 months


Nvidia introduces DLSS 4.5 and Multi Frame Generation 6X at CES 2026 — updated models can generate higher-quality upscaled frames and more of them, dynamically

tomshardware - Nvidia might not be introducing new gaming GPUs at CES 2026, but version 4.5 of its DLSS upscaler and an upcoming MFG 6x mode promises better image quality and smoother performance.


CES Unveilings & Official DLSS 4.5 Debuts

Nvidia announces DLSS 4.5 at CES 2026 – and it's available now

2 months / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

CES 2026 Day 0: Nvidia debuts DLSS 4.5, Ryzen 7 9850X3D aims for desktop gaming glory, Intel Panther Lake arrives

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia unveils DLSS 4.5 with a new transformer model, improved visuals, and 6x Dynamic Multi Frame Generation

2 months / techspot

Nvidia introduces DLSS 4.5 and Multi Frame Generation 6X at CES 2026 — updated models can generate higher-quality upscaled frames and more of them, dynamically

2 months / tomshardware

NVIDIA announces DLSS 4.5 at CES 2026

2 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

Nvidia announces DLSS 4.5 with 6x Frame Generation and improved image quality

2 months / theverge / Tom Warren


Community Testing and Performance Concerns

Community tests confirm DLSS 4.5 yields 20%+ performance loss on older RTX 30 and 20 series GPUs compared to DLSS 4.0 — Nvidia warnings ring true following rollout

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia Is Pushing the Number of Fake Frames for Games to Ludicrous Levels

2 months / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Early DLSS 4.5 Testing Reveals Drastically Crisper Details But Older-Gen RTX GPUs Take Nearly 20%+ Performance Hit

2 months / wccftech / Sarfraz Khan


Tech Deep Dives and Driver Enhancements

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 591.74 WHQL Drivers with DLSS 4.5 Support

2 months / techpowerup

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 591.74 Driver Now Available With DLSS 4.5 RTX Super Res Support

2 months / wccftech / Hassan Mujtaba

NVIDIA Announces DLSS 4.5 with Increased Image Quality, 6x FrameGen, and 240 FPS Mode

2 months / techpowerup

NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Official: 6x MFG With Dynamic Frame-Gen For 240Hz+ Gaming, 2nd Gen Super Resolution Transformer Mode With Improved IQ Across All RTX GPUs, Available In 400+ Games

2 months / wccftech / Hassan Mujtaba

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 12:20 am / permalink 17537 / 13 stories in 2 months


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