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X lets users prevent Grok from training on their posts Elon Musk’s X has given users a way to prevent their posts and interactions from helping train his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. Settings for X users default to allow their data to be provided to the chatbot. [Bloomberg]

So according to a tweet by someone this morning, X have modified their settings, auto enrolling people into data sharing with GROK without informing them. Tweet And checking my own settings, it was true Settings -> Privacy and Safety -> Data Sharing -> GROK Yes I removed mine but is...

X in danger of EU fine Elon Musk’s social media platform X is set to be served with a formal warning for failing to combat dangerous content, in the third show of force by European Union regulators against Big Tech in recent weeks. The escalation — which could eventually pave the way for fines...

All the legal fights Elon Musk and his companies are up against Elon Musk and his companies are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits, ranging from fatal crashes blamed on Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system to civil rights complaints over the treatment of employees. Tesla’s board and Musk were hit...

...the CEO suggested that he is “uncomfortable” building AI products at Tesla unless he has “25% control over the company” – something he doesn’t have right now – partly because he decided to sell tens of billions of dollars worth of Tesla shares to buy Twitter. Musk currently owns about 13% of...

Australian PM lambasts Musk for refusing to censor knife attack video Elon Musk’s social network X has been hit with an interim injunction by an Australian court to remove footage of a stabbing attack, prompting a furious response from the owner who accused the government of censorship. In a...

X admits defeat — will comply with Brazil Supreme Court orders Elon Musk’s X social media platform will comply with all orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court, lawyers representing the company told the body a week after the billionaire said he would defy its judges and lift restrictions imposed on...

X gets third new safety head under Musk X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, appointed a new head of safety to oversee content policies and rules amid changes to the platform that have raised concerns among advertisers. The company promoted an internal employee, Kylie McRoberts...

Twitter Africa staff reach deal with X a year after retrenchment The company formerly known as Twitter reached an agreement with laid-off staff from its only African office following about a year of negotiations. The affected employees in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, were fired in November...

X launching new ad-targeting features in challenge to YouTube Elon Musk’s X is adding new advertiser targeting features to better entice video creators and compete against YouTube. X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will let advertisers run ads before videos from creators of...

Twitter co-founder's new social network launched to all users Bluesky, the decentralised social network that was hatched by former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, is expanding its app to all interested users, abandoning an invite-only system that the service used to help regulate...

Taylor Swift queries re-enabled on X after surge in explicit deepfakes Elon Musk’s X has reactivated the ability to search its social network for musician Taylor Swift, after disabling queries for her name in response to a flood of explicit deepfake images. “Search has been re-enabled and we...

X getting new office with 100 full-time content moderators Elon Musk’s X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is planning to build a new “Trust and Safety centre of excellence” in Austin, Texas, to help enforce its content and safety rules. The company aims to hire 100 full-time content...

Elon wants more control over Tesla Elon Musk leaned on Tesla Inc.’s board to arrange another massive stock award for him years after he sold a significant chunk of his shares in the company to acquire Twitter. In one of several posts on the topic, Musk wrote that unless he has roughly 25%...

X's value plummets further Elon Musk’s X is now worth less than a third of the price the billionaire paid for the former Twitter Inc., according to Axios citing disclosures by Fidelity, which helped him complete the $44 billion purchase. Fidelity cut by a further 11% the value of its holding...

X fails to block California law that forces social media companies to share content moderation policies Elon Musk’s X Corp. lost its effort in court to block a California law that seeks to control toxic posts on social media by requiring companies to disclose their content-moderation policies...

User vote gets Alex Jones's X account unblocked after 5-year ban Elon Musk restored the account of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on X after users voted for the reinstatement five years after a ban. Jones and Musk joined an X audio stream late Sunday for a meandering conversation...

X CEO expresses support for Musk after telling boycotting advertisers to "go f**k yourselves" X chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino, who oversees the social network’s relationships with advertisers, sent a memo to employees signaling her support of owner Elon Musk after his incendiary...

xAI soft-launching first product on Saturday Elon Musk said in a post on his X social platform that the xAI project will release its first artificial intelligence product to a “select group” on Saturday, 4 November 2023. “In some important respects, it is the best that currently exists,” he...

Twitter/X gets new subscription tiers — from R54 to R289 Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, began offering two new subscription tiers for users on Friday in an attempt to shore up revenue at the social media company. In South Africa, users can pay R54.37 a month or R652.44...