Social media has been ablaze since Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agreed to a fight. According to UFC President Dana White, he’s already spoken to the pair about a potential match. Both Zuckerberg and Musk are serious about fighting Speaking to TMZ Live on Thursday, White said that he’s been in communication with both Zuckerberg… Read More »
Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 412 with Twitter’s value has reportedly dropped to about $15 billion, slightly more than one-third of the $44 billion that Elon Musk paid for it in late October 2022. The $15 billion valuation is based on Fidelity’s latest analysis of its stake in the company. “Fidelity Blue Chip Growth… Read More »
Enlarge / A fake AI-generated image of an “explosion” near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter. reader comments 49 with On Monday, a tweeted AI-generated image suggesting a large explosion at the Pentagon led to brief confusion, which included a reported small drop in the stock market. It originated from a verified Twitter account… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “a cyborg Twitter bird logo composed of thousands of computer chips.” Midjourney reader comments 91 with Share this story Despite recently calling for a six-month pause in the development of powerful AI models, Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently purchased roughly 10,000 GPUs for a generative AI project within Twitter,… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a globe that has stopped spinning. Stable Diffusion reader comments 179 with Share this story On Wednesday, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter on its website calling on AI labs to “immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than… Read More »
Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 76 with Share this story Twitter’s revenue and adjusted earnings reportedly fell about 40 percent year over year in December 2022 amid an advertiser exodus following Elon Musk’s takeover. Twitter no longer reports earnings publicly since Musk bought the company and took it private in late October. But Twitter… Read More »
Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 217 with Share this story Twitter suffered an embarrassing technology failure today that temporarily broke links to outside websites and even to Twitter’s own webpages. The problem lasted for about 45 minutes or so. In our tests, clicking any link brought up this error message: {“errors”:[{“message”:”Your current API plan… Read More »
reader comments 232 with Share this story Twitter announced Friday that as of March 20, it will only allow its users to secure their accounts with SMS-based two-factor authentication if they pay for a Twitter Blue subscription. Two-factor authentication, or 2FA, requires users to log in with a username and password and then an additional… Read More »
Enlarge / Many third-party Twitter clients, apps the social network has been seeking to diminish since 2012, are suddenly not working, with no update or outreach from Twitter. Nathan Coppen/Getty Images reader comments 134 with 0 posters participating Share this story Tweetbot, Twiterrific, Echofon, and other third-party Twitter clients have failed to work for many… Read More »
Enlarge / Whatever happens, it’s nice to know your data options. Benj Edwards reader comments 144 with 93 posters participating, including story author Share this story Big changes are underway at Twitter as we speak—including new leadership—and some people are nervous about what the future might bring for the social network. Things may end up… Read More »