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Elon Musk once boasted that Grok would outperform Christopher Nolan's mythological epic, but the chatbot itself has now admitted its AI-generated version of The Odyssey is, quote, not historically accurate. It's a rare moment of machine humility that undercuts the hype Musk built around his own product.
Turning to the courts, the Department of Justice is making a third attempt to bring criminal charges against former FBI director James Comey, this time for allegedly leaking information. Comey responded plainly, saying he remains innocent and unafraid. Three attempts without a conviction raises serious questions about the strength of the government's case.
And in Canada, federal regulators have opened a sixty-day consultation on draft stablecoin rules that would require one-to-one reserves, cap redemption fees at one percent, and maintain an existing ban on paying holders any yield. Ottawa is threading a careful needle between consumer protection and not strangling a fast-moving financial technology before it matures.
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