Tech companies editor @washingtonpost.com // tom.simonite@washpost.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonite.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonite.bsky.social/post/3mnbclycv4c2q"The meet-and-greet ended abruptly with Bilton saying 'Enjoy the bagels' and leaving in silence." [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:rvy3ooqcob6bytidigjk2o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbclycv4c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonite.bsky.social/post/3mkbgyrnr7c2aNew: A former Rubik's Cube world record holder started work at the Commerce Dept on Monday to work on AI policy. Four days later the White House pushed him out due to concern he previously worked for Anthropic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/24/white-house-fires-ai-official-anthropic/24 Apr 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:rvy3ooqcob6bytidigjk2o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbgyrnr7c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/simonite.bsky.social/post/3mh6x5yiais2pThree Tennessee teens sue Elon Musk's xAI, alleging its chatbot Grok made sexual images of them as minors -- appears to be first major legal consequence of Grok's sexualised image spree via @faizsays.bsky.social https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/16/teens-sue-musk-xai-grok/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/16/teens-sue-musk-xai-grok/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzczNjMzNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc1MDE1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzM2MzM2MDAsImp0aSI6IjZjY2M2OTRlLWJhZjQtNDdmNC1hNTk1LTFlNjE2ZmZiNGE0MSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjYvMDMvMTYvdGVlbnMtc3VlLW11c2steGFpLWdyb2svIn0.JsYlxeGe4PNv6Dbr60d8WWRRhIe8dFsPcfFq_J3KVoA&itid=gfta16 Mar 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:rvy3ooqcob6bytidigjk2o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6x5yiais2phttps://bsky.app/profile/simonite.bsky.social/post/3mgq3ezsq322kWhistleblower alleges that a DOGE employee told people he took a copy of the Social Security Adminstration's "Master Death File" with him when he left the government https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-security-data-breach-doge/10 Mar 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:rvy3ooqcob6bytidigjk2o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq3ezsq322k