Tag: Elon Musk
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“It’s Crap”: Elon Musk Open-Sources the X Algorithm and Slams Its Own Logic
Elon Musk has partially fulfilled his pledge by disseminating the source code for the X (formerly Twitter) recommendation algorithm. Paradoxically, the platform’s proprietor has concurrently characterized the aforementioned algorithm as “crap.” Merely a week prior, Musk heralded the public release of the recommendation system’s underlying architecture, theoretically enhancing the transparency of the “For You” feed.…
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Grok Goes Full Fanboy: Chatbot’s Absurd Bias Towards Elon Musk Goes Viral
The chatbot Grok’s peculiar behaviour has once again drawn public attention. This publicly accessible model, embedded directly into the social platform X, has in recent days begun far more frequently attributing to Elon Musk abilities and accomplishments that border on the fantastical. A wave of such responses has spread across social media, sparking renewed debate…
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Exposed: X’s Algorithm Found to Heavily Favor Right-Wing Views in UK Politics
British journalists have conducted a sweeping investigation revealing that the social network X is shaping a one-sided political agenda in the United Kingdom. According to the Data and Forensics team at Sky News, the platform’s algorithms predominantly promote right-wing and radical viewpoints, deepening social polarization and amplifying those voices most likely to provoke strong emotional reactions.…
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Grok’s Privacy Crisis: 370,000 Private Conversations Exposed on Google
Elon Musk’s company xAI has found itself at the center of a scandal after it was revealed that user conversations with the chatbot Grok had been inadvertently exposed to the public. By clicking the “share” button, individuals received a unique link to their dialogue, which they could forward to anyone. What users did not realize,…
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X Refuses French Demand for Algorithm Data, Citing “Politically Motivated” Probe
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has refused to comply with a request from French law enforcement, which is conducting an investigation into the workings of its recommendation algorithms. Prosecutors had demanded technical documentation concerning the platform’s content-selection mechanisms, as well as behavioral data on its users. In response, X declared its…
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Major xAI Security Lapse: DOGE Employee Leaks Confidential API Key for 50+ AI Models
Over the weekend, an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an agency under Elon Musk’s purview, inadvertently exposed a confidential key that granted direct access to over 50 of xAI’s language models. The 25-year-old staffer, Marko Elez, uploaded a file to GitHub, unaware that the private API key had been embedded within the…
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Neuralink has been approved by U.S. regulators for its trial application for human brain implants
Neuralink, an esteemed company under Elon Musk’s patronage, specializing in brain-machine interface technology, has pronounced that it has secured approval from the U.S. regulatory authorities for its proposal to implant microchips into the human brain. According to Neuralink’s official Twitter announcement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed its application to conduct chip implant…
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Elon Musk revealed to hire a female successor as Twitter CEO
Having previously queried the public about the propriety of stepping down as Twitter’s CEO and even intimating that he would relinquish his role to any willing successor, Elon Musk recently disclosed on his personal Twitter account that he has identified a suitable candidate. He further unveiled that this female successor is set to assume her…
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Jack Dorsey thinks Twitter hasn’t done better since Elon Musk took over
In a recent response, Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey conceded that, under Elon Musk’s stewardship, the platform has not exhibited any significant advancements. Previously, Dorsey had repeatedly apologized for Twitter’s tendency to concentrate content within a centralized network and had elucidated on the platform’s subsequent acquisition by Musk. At the time, he emphasized that the acquisition…
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Elon Musk confirms he’s working on an artificial intelligence system called TruthGPT
Recently, it was reported that Twitter has been procuring a substantial number of GPUs for training artificial intelligence, while rumors also circulated about Elon Musk’s plans to create an AI system. Musk confirmed these developments during an interview with Fox News in the United States, revealing that this AI system will be dubbed “TruthGPT.” Elon…
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Court records indicate Elon Musk has discreetly merged Twitter into X Corp., effectively dissolving Twitter Inc.
Although neither Twitter nor Elon Musk has released any statements regarding the merger of Twitter, court documents disclosed during a lawsuit reveal Musk’s decision. The lawsuit, filed by a user named Loomer against Twitter for suspending her account in 2019 without reinstatement, may not be particularly noteworthy, but the case inevitably involves legal entities, prompting…
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Technologists including Elon Musk have called for a moratorium on training large-scale AI systems for at least the next six months
A group of individuals, including Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Chairman of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy Marc Rotenberg, and physicist Max Tegmark from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have jointly signed an open letter published by the Future of Life Institute, urging companies and AI laboratories to halt their research efforts or…
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Internal letter reveals that Twitter is now worth about $20 billion, Elon Musk plans to make it more than 10 times
According to Zoë Schiffer, the news editor-in-chief of Platformer, Elon Musk revealed in an internal memo that the current market value of Twitter is around $20 billion and that his goal is to shape Twitter into a company with a market value of $250 billion. As per the internal memo, Elon Musk is preparing to…
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Elon Musk plans to build homes around Austin with rents lower than the market rate, exclusively for employees to rent
The Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, seems to be interested in building around 110 homes near Austin, Texas, and is preparing to offer below-market rents for employees to lease. According to the report, the planned housing site will be located near The Boring Company and SpaceX’s base in Bastrop…
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Elon Musk quietly becomes Twitter’s largest individual shareholder
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has recently spent $2.89 billion to buy Twitter shares, holding about 9.2% of the shares, becoming Twitter’s largest individual shareholder. Compared with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey‘s 2.25% stake, Elon Musk currently has a greater say in Twitter’s service development plans. Before…
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The report says SpaceX’s valuation has reached $100 billion
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the market value of the space launch service provider under his name has reached $100 billion. The amount was confirmed based on last month’s assessment report, marking that SpaceX’s valuation has risen sharply in just a few months after completing the latest round of financing and raising more than…