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Snapchat’s My AI Goes Rogue, Posts To Stories

Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year with its fair share of controversy, briefly appeared to have a mind of its own. On Tuesday, the AI posted its own Story to the app and then stopped responding to users’ messages, which some Snapchat Users found disconcerting, TechCrunch reported. The Story My AI posted was just

New York City Bans TikTok On Government-Issued Devices

New York City becomes the latest government to issue new rules banning TikTok, a measure meant to ward off potential security threats from China, TechCrunch reported. According to TechCrunch, the state of New York also issued its own ban against TikTok on government devices in 2020. Many other states have issued their own bans in recent years, including New Jersey,

Xbox Introduces Enforcement Strike System

Xbox provided information about their Enforcement Strike System. The purpose appears to be a means of giving players, who are doing things Xbox doesn’t like, to have a penalty. From the blog post: We are constantly improving our safety measures and bringing more systems and tools in place that empower players to respectfully interact with one another - because everyone

Elon Musk’s X Imposed A 5-Second Delay On Links To Meta Apps

The company formerly known as Twitter on Tuesday slowed the speed with which users could access links to the New York Times, Facebook, and other news organizations and online competitors, a move that appeared targeted at companies that have drawn the ire of owner Elon Musk, The Washington Post reported. Users who clicked a link on Musk’s website, now called

Coinbase Introduces The Stand With Crypto Alliance

Coinbase has introduced the Stand With Crypto Alliance. It starts with a “TL;DR” (posted yesterday) that said: Today marks the launch of the Stand with Crypto Alliance, an advocacy organization focused on mobilizing the crypto community to directly engage in the legislative process. Join the Alliance to help secure the future of crypto in America by helping drive clear, sensible

X Shuts Down $100M Promoted Accounts Ad Business

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, will no longer allow advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform’s timeline to attract new followers, according to an email to advertising clients obtained by Axios. According to Axios, promoted accounts - or “Follower Objective” ads - generate more than $100 million annually in global revenue for X, a source familiar with