Here are 6 things you may not have noticed, but these short items are important:
- Elon Musk ‘Grokipedia’ to Rival Wikipedia
Wikipedia is radical left bias. It distorts, blocks and censors Christians, conservatives, libertarians and Republicans. Now it will have competition.
Elon Musk’s xAI Grok team is building Grokipedia, pitched as an AI-driven rival to Wikipedia.
Unlike the left-wing community-edited platform, it promises real-time knowledge updates powered by Grok’s large language model.
2. Cracker Barrel’s Branding Restoration
In light of Cracker Barrel’s DEI blunder, it’s now launching a “Front Porch Feedback” program, where loyalty reward members can provide comments about their most recent visit.
“We will be listening to and actioning initiatives based on their valuable input,” President Masino said, as she emphasized the company will be “leaning into Cracker Barrel’s heritage, listening to, and deepening the connection with our guests.”
3. Chat GBT Objectivity?
Open AI is adjusting ChatGPT with behavioral modification: training ChatGPT to act less like an opinionated conversation partner and more like a neutral information tool.
OpenAI measures Chat on these criteria: “personal political expression” (the model presenting opinions as its own), “user escalation” (mirroring and amplifying political language), “asymmetric coverage” (emphasizing one perspective over others), “user invalidation” (dismissing viewpoints), and “political refusals” (declining to engage).
4. Instagram Adopts the Film Industry’s ‘PG-13’ Rating System
Parents and lawmakers have been complaining about social media and AI chatbots for their potential harm to children.
Now Instagram changes will limit exposure to profanity, mild violence, and partial nudity.
Parents now can set the PG-13 rating for kids – or even request a lower rating.
5. U.S. Christians’ Views on Homosexuality and Transgender Changes
Pew Research Center 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study found that 57% of U.S. Christians say homosexuality should be accepted by society, up a bit from 54% in 2014 and 44% in 2007.
And transgender? Christians are more likely to say that greater acceptance has been a change for the worse (47%) than to say it has been a change for the better (29%) or that it hasn’t made much of a difference (22%).
6. Miss Universe Adds a ‘Miss Palestine’ Category
Miss Palestine is a new category in the 2025 Miss Universe Pageant which will be held in Thailand in November.