X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years
X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X after two years running the company, she announced today. She was appointed its CEO in the year after Elon Musk bought and renamed the company previously known as Twitter — so far, there is no word […]
X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots
X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts. Like humans, the “AI Note Writers” will be able to submit a Community Note, but they will only actually be shown on a […]
Trump says he’ll look into deporting Elon as fight over bill escalates
Trump says he'll look into deporting Elon as fight over bill escalates Trump says he’ll look into deporting Elon as fight over bill escalates Elon Musk and President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington in March. | Image: Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dysfunctional cycle of fighting over […]
Trump’s FTC will approve an ad merger — with a gift to Elon Musk’s X
Trump's FTC will approve an ad merger — with a gift to Elon Musk's X Trump’s FTC will approve an ad merger — with a gift to Elon Musk’s X The all-Republican Federal Trade Commission agreed to approve a $13.5 billion ad merger if it includes a ban on steering ad dollars away from platforms […]
X’s new policy prevents companies from using posts to ‘fine-tune or train’ AI models
X's new policy prevents companies from using posts to 'fine-tune or train' AI models X’s new policy prevents companies from using posts to ‘fine-tune or train’ AI models X has updated its developer agreement to add a new restriction on using posts on the platform to train AI. The updated policy, spotted earlier by TechCrunch, […]
Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he’s leaving politics
Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he's leaving politics Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he’s leaving politics For the past several months, it seemed like President Donald Trump and Elon Musk were inseparable. The tech billionaire and “First Buddy” championed Trump on his reelection campaign trail, slept at the White […]
X is back after an apparent widespread outage
X is back after an apparent widespread outage X is back up for most users after what appeared to be a significant outage that spiked early this morning around 9AM ET. Global internet monitor NetBlocks posted this morning that X “has been experiencing international outages for some users for a second time in a week,” […]
X is down
X is down Elon Musk’s X appears to be in the midst of a significant outage. Feeds aren’t loading, and reports indicate that neither are DMs. A quick check of Down Detector shows a spike in reports that appeared to start shortly after 8AM ET and rise sharply. Reports seem to be leveling leveling off. […]
xAI posts Grok’s behind-the-scenes prompts
xAI posts Grok's behind-the-scenes prompts xAI posts Grok’s behind-the-scenes prompts xAI has published the system prompts for its AI chatbot Grok after an “unauthorized” change led to a slew of unprompted responses on X about white genocide. The company says it will publish its Grok system prompts on GitHub from now on, which provide some […]
Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’
Grok's white genocide fixation caused by 'unauthorized modification' Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’ After xAI’s chatbot Grok spent a few hours on Wednesday telling every X user that would listen that the claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious, the company has blamed the behavior on an “unauthorized modification” […]