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X Says It’s Closing Operations In Brazil

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it’s ending operations in Brazil, although the service will remain available to users in the country, TechCrunch reported. The announcement comes amidst a legal battle with Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who sought to block certain accounts on X as part of an investigation into election

Elon Musk’s AI Image Chatbot Runs Amok

The latest edition of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok debuted a new image generation tool on Wednesday that lacked most of the safety guardrails that have become standard within the artificial intelligence industry, The Guardian reported.

How Elon Musk Is Diverting Talent, Data, And GPUs From His Other Businesses

Elon Musk has big plans for his startup xAI. A key part: using other companies, according to The Wall Street Journal.  The billionaire’s year-old artificial-intelligence bet is relying on talent, data, and hardware from his other businesses to help it develop what he has said will become the most powerful AI in the world by December. So far, xAI has

Former Twitter Board Member Sues Elon Musk’s X For $20 Million In Pay

A former Twitter board member, Omid Kordestani, sued the social media company owned by Elon Musk on Friday, claiming that the billionaire refused to cash out more than $20 million worth of shares, The New York Times reported. Mr. Kordestani, who joined Twitter’s board in 2015 and helped oversee the sale of the company to Mr. Musk in 2022, received

Elon Musk Shares Manipulated Harris Video, Violating X’s Policies

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has waded into one of the thorniest issues facing U.S. politics: deepfake videos, The New York Times reported.  On Friday night, Mr. Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X, reposted an edited campaign video for Vice President Kamala Harris that appears to have been digitally manipulated to change the spot’s voice-over

Elon Musk Requires ‘FSD’ Demo For Every Prospective Tesla Buyer In North America

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now requiring employees to install and show customers how to use the latest version of the company’s premium driver assistance system, which is marketed as “FSD” or Full Self-Driving, before completing a vehicle delivery in North America, CNBC reported. “Going forward, it is mandatory in North America to install and activate FSD V12.3.1 and take

Musk’s X Corp Loses Lawsuit Against Hate Speech Watchdog

A U.S. judge on Monday threw out Elon Musk’s lawsuit against a nonprofit group that faulted him for allowing a rise in hate speech on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Reuters reported. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said it was “evident” that Musk’s X Corp sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)