September 15, 2025 ongoing Get alerts for theverge.com

Summary: Grok's training team laid off 500 people

Why It Matters: This shows a big change in how xAI trains Grok.

What Changed:

  • Removed news about Intel's products chief leaving
  • Removed news about Pokémon Go's creator teaming up with satellite companies
  • Removed news about Bluesky adding bookmarks
  • Removed news about The Chair Company opening
  • Removed news about Hypershell exoskeleton
  • Removed news about SCOTUS and the FTC
  • Removed news about Sigourney Weaver in Dust Bunny
  • Removed news about Nepal's social media ban protests
  • Removed news about Wake Up: Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Removed news about Anthropic endorsing SB 53
  • Removed news about Tesla's US market share
  • Removed news about Amazon Music AI playlists
  • Removed news about "the mushroom-industrial complex"
  • Removed news about unlocking a smart lock with Aliro
  • Removed news about Home Depot leaking Google Nest hardware
  • Removed news about Live Photos coming to WhatsApp
  • Removed news about Samsung's trifold phone animation
  • Added "Apple Rumors" section
  • Added news about xAI laying off 500 people who trained Grok
  • Added news about Women Wearing Shoulder Pads
  • Added news about the Mets bringing ChatGPT photo booths to Citi Field
  • Added "The Stepback" section
  • Added "Netflix" section
  • Added news about Roblox removing posts re-enacting Charlie Kirk's killing
  • Added news about The Wall Street Journal's coverage of Charlie Kirk's killing
  • Added news about Roblox facing a wrongful death lawsuit
  • Added news about Slack outage
  • Added news about Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy going multiplatform
  • Added news about Tencent hiring an OpenAI researcher
  • Added news about Balatro 1.1 update timing
  • Added "Pokemon" section
  • Added news about Spotify's new video series "The Drop"
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