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Musk has been promising to make X an 'everything app' and bringing long videos to the platform does seem like a big move. News 

Elon Musk Announces X Will Soon Provide YouTube-Like Service on Smart TVs

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk is still aiming for the sky and his next big target is YouTube. His platform X is ready to serve a larger audience with a new version of the streaming service that will also be played on big screens. Musk shared details of the upcoming feature in a post on the platform where he talked about people watching long videos on their smart TV screens. He has repeatedly talked about making X an app for everything, and it looks like the platform will soon have a long list…

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Elon Musk's X set to challenge YouTube with new television app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs (REUTERS) News 

Fortune: Elon Musk’s X Set to Launch YouTube Alternative for Amazon and Samsung Smart TVs

Adriana Marais,

According to an unnamed source at the social media company, Elon Musk’s X is set to release a television app for Amazon and Samsung smart televisions next week, as reported by Fortune. Musk aims to encourage users to watch longer videos on a bigger screen and is ready to compete with YouTube, the person said. The new app looks “identical” to YouTube’s TV app, the person added. Live-streaming platform Twitch, encrypted messaging app Signal and social media forum Reddit are other services Musk is looking to compete with, according to…

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Musk has taken another jab at Microsoft-backed OpenAI, stating that he would withdraw his lawsuit if the company rebranded itself as "ClosedAI." News 

Elon Musk jokingly suggests OpenAI change name to ‘ClosedAI’ to settle lawsuit

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk has publicly addressed his legal conflict with OpenAI, and in response the organization has released a blog post detailing Musk’s desire to take full control of the company and his ambitions to step into the CEO role. Now, in a recent development, Musk has taken another jab at Microsoft-backed OpenAI, announcing that he would withdraw his lawsuit if the company rebranded itself as “ClosedAI.” To ClosedAI and I will drop the lawsuit— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2024 Musk, a former OpenAI board member who resigned in 2018,…

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Elon Musk's right-wing turn on Twitter challenges Silicon Valley's liberal image. (REUTERS) News 

Silicon Valley leans towards the right with support from billionaire Elon Musk, giving a significant boost to Donald Trump.

Adriana Marais

After assuming control of Twitter, Elon Musk has shifted towards right-wing politics, challenging the belief that Silicon Valley is dominated by wealthy liberals aligned with the Democratic Party. Previously seen as politically neutral, Musk now openly aligns with conservative ideologies, using his platform, now known as X, to promote ideas commonly associated with Fox News, conservative talk radio, and far-right movements in the Western world. In just the latest example of Musk repeating conspiracy theories from far-right chat rooms, Musk posted last week that US President Joe Biden was importing…

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X keeps on introducing new changes, and now Elon Musk says that the platform is going to hide the count of likes and reposts for posts on the platform. News 

Users React to Elon Musk Removing Like and Repost Counts on X

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk said Thursday that he plans to remove the number of likes and reposts from users’ feeds, and only “views” will appear on their timelines. X users lamented the decision, saying that this is “too stupid” and “significantly reduces engagement”. Famous X handle DogeDesigner first posted that X is considering removing the number of likes and new posts from the feed, but “it will still be visible when you tap on the post.” Musk responded that this is “undoubtedly happening.” “Only the number of views as a proxy for…

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Elon Musk's lawsuit said that when he funded Sam Altman-led OpenAI, he secured an agreement that the company would remain a nonprofit developing technology. (AFP) AI 

OpenAI confirms Elon Musk’s approval for ChatGPT maker to transition to for-profit status

Adriana Marais,

OpenAI responded to Elon Musk’s allegations that the creator of ChatGPT had strayed from its original mission of serving humanity and prioritized financial gain instead, promising to have his legal action dismissed. The first comments on OpenAI since Tesla’s CEO sued last week have escalated tensions between the San Francisco-based AI company and the billionaire who led its founding years ago. “OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that AGI benefits all of humanity, which means both building safe and useful AGI and creating widely distributed benefits,” OpenAI said in a blog…

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OpenAI, on March 5, said that Elon Musk wanted majority equity, initial board control, and to be CEO of OpenAI. News 

Details Here: OpenAI Reveals Elon Musk’s Desire to Become CEO and Merge Company with Tesla

Adriana Marais,

ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday denied Elon Musk’s claims that the startup would abandon its original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity and not for profit. OpenAI said in a blog post that it plans to reject all of Musk’s claims. Musk filed a lawsuit last week against the startup he co-founded, alleging breach of contract and saying the Microsoft-backed company is now focused on making money. OpenAI said Musk wanted the company to merge with electric vehicle maker Tesla, and he forwarded an email saying…

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Meta Communications Official Andy Stone confirmed that people are having trouble accessing their platforms News 

Elon Musk ridicules Meta Platforms in social media post following Instagram and Facebook outage experienced by users.

Jim Hendler

After users reported problems on Instagram and Facebook, X owner Elon Musk shared a funny post on Tuesday with rival platforms Meta. The billionaire said: “If you’re reading this message, it’s because our servers are working.” A few minutes later, he also shared a photo of penguins with the Instagram, Facebook and Threads logos greeting a penguin with the X logo. If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024 pic.twitter.com/VTOACNfb3E— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024 The social media platforms Facebook…

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Elon Musk went on to express his concerns about the potential consequences of AI controlling the world, emphasizing the importance of honesty and truth-seeking in AI development. (AFP) AI 

Elon Musk voices concerns about Google’s chatbot, emphasizes need for transparency in AI safety efforts

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk, the entrepreneur responsible for companies such as SpaceX and Tesla, has criticized Google’s chatbot, Gemini, alleging that artificial intelligence (AI) reflects the biases and errors of its developers. In a recent tweet, Musk deplores Google’s AI efforts, suggesting that the technology’s flaws were reflected in Gemini’s biased and unreliable data and images. Expressing his disbelief, he wrote: “The sheer insanity of Google’s AI’s true response is amazing! They’ll fix it to be less obvious in the future, but the bias is still there. AI reflects the mistakes of…

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Elon Musk went on to express his concerns about the potential consequences of AI controlling the world, emphasizing the importance of honesty and truth-seeking in AI development. (AFP) AI 

Elon Musk voices concerns about Google’s chatbot, emphasizes need for transparency in AI safety efforts

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk, the entrepreneur responsible for companies such as SpaceX and Tesla, has criticized Google’s chatbot, Gemini, alleging that artificial intelligence (AI) reflects the biases and errors of its developers. In a recent tweet, Musk deplores Google’s AI efforts, suggesting that the technology’s flaws were reflected in Gemini’s biased and unreliable data and images. Expressing his disbelief, he wrote: “The sheer insanity of Google’s AI’s true response is amazing! They’ll fix it to be less obvious in the future, but the bias is still there. AI reflects the mistakes of…

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Know why Elon Musk was sued by former Twitter executives including CEO Parag Agrawal. (Bloomberg) News 

Former Twitter executives Parag Agrawal and Vijaya Gadde, along with others, file lawsuit against Elon Musk

Jim Hendler,

Elon Musk, the owner of X, is facing a lawsuit from four former Twitter executives for allegedly failing to pay $128 million in severance payments and other grievances. The executives, including Twitter’s former CEO and CFO, claim they were unjustly fired without cause. The lawsuit also addresses Musk’s involvement in the rebranding of Twitter to X. Read on for further details on this shocking development. Musk is being sued by former executives According to the AP report, the reason for the lawsuit is that they were terminated without explanation on…

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Nvidia's stock surge echoes cautionary tales from Tesla's rise and fall in the market, reminding investors of the risks of betting on technological transformations. (REUTERS) AI 

Nvidia takes over from Tesla as market shifts focus from electric vehicles to artificial intelligence

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The surge of Nvidia Corp. is capturing the attention of the stock market and propelling the S&P 500 Index to record levels. However, it also serves as a warning of the potential risks associated with investing in companies that experience rapid growth based on promises of technological innovation, only to later disappoint investors. The shares belong to Tesla Inc., which sparked its own mania in 2017 as investors bet on the world being taken over by electric vehicles. At the time, Elon Musk’s company was a phenomenon, blowing past established…

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Elon Musk's X, along with ByteDance and Booking.com, may fall under new EU rules targeting tech giants such as Google and Meta. (AFP) News 

EU may crack down on Elon Musk’s X due to digital dominance

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk’s social media platform X may be subject to new European Union regulations that restrict the actions of major technology companies, as the company has indicated it could be covered by the bloc’s Digital Markets Act. The DMA, which takes effect Thursday, includes a series of dos and don’ts for things like Alphabet Inc’s Google Search, Apple’s Safari, Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook. . It could also apply to Musk’s X, Booking Holdings Inc’s accommodation platform and ByteDance Ltd, the European Commission said late on Friday. The…

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Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits. In a lawsuit filed Thursday Feb. 29, 2024 at San Francisco Superior Court. (AP) News 

Elon Musk files lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging betrayal of mission to serve humanity

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that they have strayed from the original mission of ChatGPT to prioritize profits over benefiting humanity. In a lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court, the billionaire Musk said that when he funded the creation of OpenAI, he got an agreement with Altman and president Greg Brockman to keep the AI company as a nonprofit that develops technology for profit. from the audience. Under its memorandum of understanding, OpenAI would also make its code open to…

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Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, Thursday, Feb. 29, over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits. (AP) AI 

Elon Musk calls out OpenAI for hypocrisy, citing concern for humanity

Adriana Marais,

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI sheds light on the humanitarian posturing of AI companies, which some may view as an epic troll. Musk has sued the world’s leading artificial intelligence company and its CEO, Sam Altman, for violating the founding agreement to build powerful artificial intelligence systems “for the benefit of humanity.” OpenAI continues to tout this mission on its website, but Musk is calling BS: “In reality…OpenAI Inc. has been turned into a de facto closed source subsidiary of the world’s largest technology company, Microsoft,” his lawsuit, filed in…

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A U.S. judge on Thursday will consider whether to dismiss X Corp's lawsuit against a nonprofit that has criticized a rise in hate speech on the social media platform. Gadgets 

Elon Musk’s X Takes Hate Speech Watchdog to Court in Lawsuit

Adriana Marais

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge will consider on Thursday whether to dismiss X Corp’s lawsuit against the nonprofit that has criticized the rise of hate speech on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter since Elon Musk took it over. X sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate last July, accusing it of trying to “intimidate” advertisers by claiming Musk did little to prevent hate speech, racist messages and other misinformation from spreading on the platform. According to X, the nonprofit scraped and misrepresented data to create false and…

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The platform has talked about bringing the feature and now that it is here, X Spaces supporting live video is enabled by doing this. Space 

X Introduces Live Video Spaces for Group Viewing

Jim Hendler

Social media platform X now allows users to participate in Spaces videos and connect with a group of people. Spaces was introduced back in the days of Twitter, but since the X rebrand, the feature has been designed for live voice chats, as it was designed to be. But the Elon Musk-owned platform has now confirmed that a live video feature will be available on X Spaces, which is basically a new version of Periscope that Twitter offered its users many years ago. A lot of people thought Musk was…

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Elon Musk started using a Windows laptop but finds the set up process annoying. Here's what he told Nadella. News 

Elon Musk Seeks Assistance from Satya Nadella Due to Issues with Windows PCs

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk has continued to escalate his arguments with Microsoft over X, asking its chairman and CEO Satya Nadella to allow people to set up a new Windows PC without creating a Microsoft account. When Nadella went public about the company’s partnership with generative artificial intelligence leader Mistral AI, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO responded that he doesn’t want to be a “pest.” “Satya, I don’t mean to be a pest, but allow people setting up a new Windows PC to skip creating a Microsoft account,” Musk wrote. “This option…

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Apple has spent billions, years and thousands of employees to get the project running but reports say it has run out of fuel. News 

Apple shifts focus from Tesla rival to GenAI and other projects, halts work on competing vehicle.

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Apple has been working on its own electric car division for more than 10 years, but it seems that the company has decided to end this dream and focus on other things. Apple has reportedly invested billions in the project codenamed Titan, but now wants to use its energy and resources to build Generative AI applications. Some of the people hired specifically for the car project will probably be fired, while some may merge with other groups that are actively working on new products and services in the company. According…

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Job postings are the new service offered by Musk's platform but does it spell danger for the popular apps? News 

Elon Musk Announces X Now Provides 1 Million Job Listings for Users: Is LinkedIn Facing Competition?

Adriana Marais

Elon Musk has repeatedly talked about plans to expand his platform X, formerly Twitter, with new services. With the social media app, you can already make video/audio calls, expand your messages to thousands of characters and even a new look premium subscription. But X is also looking at platforms like LinkedIn, whose X Hiring theme is well and truly coming, and now Musk claims X offers a million job listings for potential job seekers. The company’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, has reiterated Musk’s push to make X an all-in-one app, and…

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