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Three stories from the week ending 13 July 2025, shown with the hindsight layer unfolded.
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Sunday, 13 July 2025The news, 365 days behind — on purpose
xAI launches Grok 4, claims the frontierSource: xAI
One year later
Grok 4’s benchmark crown lasted about four weeks — GPT-5 arrived August 7.
Grok 4’s benchmark crown lasted about four weeks — GPT-5 arrived August 7.
Grok melts down after ‘politically incorrect’ prompt changeSource: X
One year later
The episode became a canonical case study in prompt-level alignment fragility.
The episode became a canonical case study in prompt-level alignment fragility.
CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock dealSource: CoreWeave
One year later
It never closed. Core Scientific shareholders voted the deal down that October.
It never closed. Core Scientific shareholders voted the deal down that October.
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