Our goal is to combine both approaches—to run a moderation service that tries to provide a baseline and to also have an open ecosystem where anyone who wants to innovate can come in and start building. I think this is particularly useful around cases where information is really fast moving and there’s specialized knowledge. There … Read more
Tesla has had a rough twelve months. The company failed to act on its first mover advantage in the U.S., and it’s market share dropping like a stone. Chinese EV makers are coming on strong, pushing Tesla out of many European and Asian driveways. It has been fraught with massive recall after massive recall. The company’s … Read more
Tesla staffers are getting ready for potential job cuts after managers at the Austin, Texas-based automaker were asked to let higher-ups know if each of their employees’ positions are critical. I’m sure this will all go just fine for Tesla and its workers. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived U.S. managers had to make the yes-or-no … Read more
When Elon Musk took over Twitter, since rebranded as X, his favorite letter of the alphabet, he went on a firing spree. Chief among those ejected were people working on trust and safety, the work of keeping bad content from hate speech to child exploitation off the platform. In front of a US senate committee … Read more
Fans can once again find Taylor Swift-related content on X after the social media platform formerly known as Twitter temporarily blocked searches for her when explicit deepfake images of the singer flooded the site. “Search has been re-enabled and we will continue to be vigilant for any attempt to spread this content and will remove … Read more
Several of the major technology companies with CEOs slated to appear before Congress on Wednesday have announced new initiatives or positions on efforts to protect children’s safety online ahead of this week’s hearing. The heads of Discord, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and X, formerly known as Twitter, are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee … Read more
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has blocked searches of pop superstar Taylor Swift after explicit, artificial intelligence (AI) generated images went viral on social media, an executive confirmed Sunday. As of Sunday night, searches of “Taylor Swift” on the social media platform showed the error message, “Something went wrong. Try reloading.” … Read more
YouTuber MrBeast built an empire out of flashy, high-dollar videos that rake in Zoomer eyes and advertiser cash. Out of apparently sheer curiosity, he recently posted one of those videos directly to Twitter in order to test out the new ad revenue model under Elon Musk — a video that just so happened to tout … Read more
X owner and Tesla founder Elon Musk said Monday diversity-oriented hiring practices are “fundamentally antisemitic” after he toured the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday. “The diversity and equity, inclusion — we should always be, always be wary of any name that sounds like it could come out of a George Orwell book,” … Read more
Elon Musk claimed Monday that outside audits have shown that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has “the least amount of antisemitism” compared to other social media platforms. “The outside audits that we’ve had done, at the ones that we’ve had done, show that there is the least amount of antisemitism on X, if … Read more
