Donald Trump says Elon Musk has agreed to lead a government efficiency commission, which would let Musk influence federal agencies that regulate his companies
https://apnews.com/... Bluesky: @mack70d.bsky.social : The most chilling and foreboding sentence you will read today. Pete Miles / @petermiles.bsky.social : What could possibly go wrong? [embedded pos...
X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott”
In an all-hands at X, formerly Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino attempted … Karissa Bell / Engadget : X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform Grace Eliza Goodwin / Business Insider : Elon...
In a spat on X, Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun calls out Elon Musk for saying xAI will pursue “truth” as Musk spreads “crazy-ass conspiracy theories” on X
But It Does Have Privacy Issues Emergent Behavior : 2024-05-29: Memorial Day Shenanigans Siddharth Jindal / AIM : Yann LeCun Delays Elon Musk's AGI Plans James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Elon Musk and M...
Google announces AI features for Chrome on macOS and Windows: Organize Similar Tabs and custom themes rolling out soon in the US, and Help Me Write in February
“To get started, right-click a text box or field on any site you visit in Chrome and select “Help me write. ” Type in a few words and our AI will kickstart the writing process for you.” … X: @google ...
Elon Musk's xAI files with the US SEC to raise up to $1B in an equity offering, saying the startup has raised nearly $135M from four investors since November 29
tech, AI, crypto Newb / New.blicio.us : X.ai, Elon Musk's Latest Foray into AI Threads: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : An amazing opportunity for the bankers and VCs that didn't get a chance to inves...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas the CEOs of X, Discord, and Snap to testify at a hearing on children's online safety on December 6
expects their CEOs will agree to testify voluntarily. Senator Dick Durbin / @senatordurbin : We promised Big Tech that they'd have their chance to explain their failures to protect kids. Now's that ch...
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @rickf@indieweb.social : In other words, “please generate needless clicks so I can boost ‘engagement’ on the platform to get more advertisers back, pleeeasseeee.......
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute
the ability to block trolls Metro.co.uk : Elon Musk plans to stop letting X (formerly Twitter) users block each other Jorge Aguilar / Android Police : The app formally known as Twitter continues its d...
Twitter/X files a lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the nonprofit and its backers of “actively working to prevent free expression”
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company …
Twitter is now “X” in the App Store, seemingly via an exception to Apple's rule that requires app names to have two or more characters
Twitter's “X” becomes first one-letter iPhone app Wes Davis / The Verge : Twitter gets special permission to be ‘X’ in the iOS App Store Roshan Abraham / VICE : ‘Blaze Your Glory!’: Twitter Has a Biza...