Kolin Koltai, a researcher at the Netherlands-based investigative outlet Bellingcat, recently discovered that X users were using the platform’s AI chatbot, Grok, to undress women in photos that they had uploaded to the platform. While the bot rejects prompts that ask to make people entirely nude, it’s willing to walk right up to the line […]
That Viral Trump Tweet About Impeaching Presidents if the Dow Drops Is Fake
President Donald Trump announced extremely high tariffs on goods coming from virtually every country around the world Wednesday, sending global markets into the toilet. The Dow was down over 1,600 points Thursday and a tweet that appeared to come from Trump has gone viral in the wake of the president’s inexplicable actions to crater the […]
Elon Musk’s AI Company xAI Buys Elon Musk’s Social Media Platform X
Elon Musk announced Friday that his company xAI is buying X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock deal. The transaction values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, according to CNBC. “xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X […]
Advertisers Finally Return to X in Effort to Cozy Up to Trump Administration
After Elon Musk bought Twitter and changed its name to X, advertisers left in droves due to the harmful and hateful content that Musk allowed to proliferate on the platform. Nothing has changed about the content—if anything, it’s getting worse—but the brands are coming back, according to Bloomberg, because suddenly their money might purchase them […]
Acting Head of SEC Was Only Commissioner Who Didn’t Vote to Sue Elon Musk
Just before Donald Trump took office in January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly held a vote on whether the agency would sue Elon Musk for alleged violations of securities law related to his purchase of Twitter. According to Reuters, four commissioners—three Democrats and one Republican—voted to move forward with legal action against Musk. […]
Elon Musk Claims X Outage From ‘Massive Cyberattack’ Without Providing Evidence
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been suffering from outages all day Monday. And owner Elon Musk has finally said what’s behind it. Well, what he thinks is behind it. The billionaire oligarch says X is being hit with a “major cyberattack,” though he didn’t present any evidence to back up […]
Tesla Fires Manager Who Complained About Elon Musk’s Nazi Jokes
Tesla has fired a manager after he wrote a LinkedIn post criticizing Elon Musk’s jokes about Nazis, according to a report from the New York Times. And it’s a great reminder that not only is Musk currently destroying the U.S. government through massive cuts that will change America’s way of life for generations to come, […]
It Sure Looks Like Musk’s Newfound Power Is Scaring Advertisers Back to X
Musk’s nearly $300 million gamble on the re-election of President Trump continues to show dividends. A new report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that advertisers are returning to X in order to avoid being added to an ongoing lawsuit by the company or see their own business dealings targeted by the Trump administration. The […]
Major Subreddits Are Banning Links to X Following Musk’s Seig Heil-Like Salute
Performing two Nazi-like salutes may have won Elon Musk some fans over in the dark corners of the internet, but odds are low that his supporters on BitChute and Rumble will be able to make up for the traffic that X is about to lose. In the wake of Musk’s “I give my heart to […]