Here are the most important AI stories for the past 24 hours. Read the rest on 7min.ai . xAI loses second cofounder in 48 hours — half the founding team is now gone Jimmy Ba, who reported directly to Elon Musk and ran a large portion of xAI, resigned Tuesday. He’s the second cofounder to leave in under 48 hours after Tony Wu’s Monday departure, and the sixth of xAI’s 12 original founders to exit. Musk held an all-hands meeting Tuesday night where he pitched a lunar manufacturing facility for AI satellites. The exodus accelerates as xAI prepares for an IPO following its SpaceX merger, with half the founding team now gone in less than three years. ( source ) OpenAI fires policy VP who opposed ChatGPT “adult mode” after discrimination claim Ryan Beiermeister, OpenAI’s VP of product policy, was fired in January after a male colleague accused her of sex discrimination. Her termination followed criticism of a planned ChatGPT “adult mode” feature that would introduce erotica. Beiermeister called the discrimination allegation “absolutely false.” OpenAI said her departure was unrelated to issues she raised. The adult mode feature, overseen by CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, is planned for Q1 2026. ( source ) OpenAI accused of violating California’s AI safety law with GPT-5.3-Codex AI watchdog group the Midas Project alleges OpenAI violated California’s SB 53 by releasing GPT-5.3-Codex, the first model to hit “high” risk on its own cybersecurity Preparedness Framework. The law requires companies to follow their published safety protocols. OpenAI says it’s “confident in our compliance.” The case could become a precedent-setting first test of SB 53, which went into effect in January. A violation could expose OpenAI to millions in fines. ( source ) AI tax planning tool triggers 7-11% crash in brokerage stocks LPL Financial (-11%), Charles Schwab (-10%), and Raymond James (-9%) plunged after Altruist launched Hazel, an AI tool that generates tax strategies for advisors “within minutes.” The sell-off mirrors last week’s $2T software stock wipeout after Anthropic’s legal AI tools spooked investors. ( source ) White-collar workers are ditching careers over AI anxiety Freelance writers, translators, and other knowledge workers are leaving their fields as AI undercuts rates and transforms job requirements. Content writer Jacqueline Bowman saw pay cut in half when clients switched her to editing AI-generated work. Some freelancers report clients accusing them of using AI for work they wrote themselves. ( source ) Boston Dynamics CEO steps down after 30 years Robert Playter announced his departure as CEO effective February 27, ending a six-year tenure and over 30 years at the robotics company. His exit comes amid intensifying competition from Tesla, Figure, and other humanoid robotics companies. ( source ) …and 37 more stories at 7min.ai AI-curated from 20+ sources · Read all 43 stories · Get the daily email AI-curated digest. LLMs can make mistakes — verify critical details. submitted by /u/fabioperez
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