Chinese car giant to establish European base in Liverpool, Clawdbot rebranded – Tech Digest

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A Chinese car giant has paved the way for a potential tie-up with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) after announcing plans to establish a European headquarters in Britain. Chery, which makes Jaecoo and Omoda vehicles, will launch a new base in Liverpool with the company expected to use the hub to “integrate deeply into the UK automotive ecosystem”. The site – which will be a centre for management, research and commercial development – is expected to become a focal point for any regional partnerships the Chinese firm strikes, local officials said. Telegraph 

SpaceX is exploring deals with other companies helmed by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, leaving investors working through permutations between space, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence to analyze which combination makes the most sense. The rocket maker is in discussions to merge with xAI ahead of a blockbuster public offering ​planned for this year, Reuters reported on Thursday. The combination would bring Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, X social media platform and Grok chatbot under one roof. Reuters 

A promising open-source AI assistant called Clawdbot transformed into a viral sensation before a hasty rebrand to Moltbot over potential trademark concerns led to a deluge of attempted scams and fraud. After the chatbot surged to tens of thousands of GitHub stars and attracted praise from high-profile AI researchers and investors, Anthropic raised trademark concerns that its name sounded too similar to the company’s chatbot, Claude. Moltbot’s developer, Austrian engineer Peter Steinberger, chose the new name after hearing from Anthropic. Tech Radar 

The creators of a messaging app accused of handing user data to the Iranian regime live on a windswept hill in a British coastal town, the Guardian can reveal. Hadi and Mahdi Anjidani are the cofounders of TS Information Technology, established in 2010 and now registered at the address of a tax accountancy in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It is the UK branch of an Iranian software corporation, Towse’e Saman Information Technology (TSIT). The company makes popular computer games, a payment platform and Gap Messenger, billed as an Iranian alternative to Telegram. Guardian

IKEA recently launched 21 new smart products across the home, including ‘sensors’ for things like temperature and humidity, security, and air quality, as well as smart lighting and remotes. And, what you’ll notice when you start to dig into it, you’ll find that IKEA’s products are not only better-looking than a lot of the others out there, but also super competitive. Take IKEA’s ALPSTUGA indoor air quality monitor, for example. It’s cheaper than pretty much any you’ll see on Amazon, is stylishly minimalist, and has promising reviews. Living.etc