When he bought Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk made it known that he wanted the site to be accepting of people from all different backgrounds. “Our platform must be warm and welcoming to all,” the billionaire said, at the time. Now, two years later, Musk seems to have made good on that promise. Twitter (now […]
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Is as Gross as You Might Expect
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 […]
OpenAI Is Reportedly Building Its Own Social Media Platform
OpenAI is reportedly developing its own social media platform. The Verge, which has broken the news, describes the project as “X-like” in nature. Little is known about the new site beyond the fact that it exists. The Verge writes that the company is working on an “internal prototype” that involves a “feed” feature and may […]
Social Security Admin Reportedly Moving All Communication to X, the Everything App
The Social Security Administration backed off its plan to cut phone services, but it’s still taking steps to limit the ways that people will be able to access information about the essential agency. The SSA plans to stop issuing communications through normal channels like press releases and will instead make statements exclusively on X. According […]
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 […]
‘Free Speech’ Platfrom X Suspends Opposition Party Accounts in Turkey
Elon Musk purchased Twitter (and then renamed it X) with the promise that it would be a free speech paradise. It turns out in practice, that means you can say your favorite slurs but can’t protest government overreach. Following the arrest of the primary political rival of Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan, demonstrators have taken to […]
Meta, Now Fact-Check Free, Is Testing X-Style Community Notes
Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg said that, effectively, Meta was getting out of the ‘caring about the truth’ business and ditching third-party fact-checkers. Now it’s handing over the keys to its users. Meta announced that it will start to roll out a Community Notes feature, similar to the one on X, across its major social […]
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 […]
Senate Votes to Strip CFPB of Ability to Regulate Platforms Like X
A key federal watchdog is being stripped of its power to oversee potential fraud and abuse in online payment platforms just as Elon Musk’s site, X, attempts to become one. Late last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—which is tasked with rooting out financial malfeasance—issued a rule that expanded its purview to include digital payment […]