A source said Musk “wants people to sound smarter” on X, and he thinks AI
A non-permanent fee for new users could soon be Elon Musk's X's only way to stop bots. New users on X could soon be met with a small fee before they can post, as Elon Musk unveils it is the "only way" to help stop bots from plaguing the platform.
To strengthen his artificial intelligence (AI) company, Elon Musk urged ambitious individuals to join his groundbreaking initiative, xAI. This wide-ranging project seeks engineers, designers, and staff for product development, data analysis, and infrastructure management."Join xAI," the tech tycoon wrote in a cross-post. Musk shared a link to his AI company's Careers page in the cross-post. Grok, an AI-powered chatbot launched in 2023, is at the forefront of this burgeoning enterprise. xAI is...
Australian court ruled X take down footage of violent stabbing in Sydney church
Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to enable posting on the social network and to curb the bot problem. In reply to an X account that posted about changes on X’s website, Musk said charging a small fee to new accounts was the “only way” to stop the “onslaught […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
An ad calling for the execution of gay people is reportedly running on X, according to the political watchdog account @EyesOnTheRight. The alleged ad comes as big-name advertisers flee the social media […]
Anthony Albanese's comments come amid a feud over X's reluctance to remove footage of a stabbing.
Making users pay is only way to stop bots taking over platform
X owner Elon Musk announced Monday that new users would soon need to pay a small fee to post on the site.
A big part of what has led to social media platform Twitter/X’s current popularity is the lack of fees for signing up. The “public square” role the platform has often claimed only works if the public can actually access it. But that’s been significantly changed since Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of the platform for $44
X (formerly Twitter) users reported an outage for a brief period on Thursday. Several users were having trouble accessing the site due to a technical issue. According to Downdetector, which detects and monitors online outages and difficulties, users reported being unable to use the platform. Soon after the outage, many netizens were left confused and took to the microblogging platform asking if X is not working.While a few asked if the platform is down, others took the route of hilarity and made...
Elon Musk’s X banned a post that claimed noncitizens are registering and voting in U.S. elections on a wide scale, saying it was “hate speech” and violated the platform’s terms because it attacked a “protected group.”