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Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
[ad_1] Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other “revealing clothing.” The change in policy on Wednesday...
X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
[ad_1] After creating thousands of “undressing” pictures of women and sexualized imagery of apparent minors, Elon Musk’s X has apparently limited who can generate images with Grok. However, despite the...
How Elon Musk Won His No Good, Very Bad Year
[ad_1] What a weird time to be Elon Musk.This year opened with the businessman turned political operator throwing what appeared, to Nazis at least, to be a Sieg heil.This spring,...
Operation Bluebird Wants to Bring ‘Twitter’ Back to Life
[ad_1] A Virginia startup calling itself Operation Bluebird announced this week that it has filed a formal petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office, asking the federal agency to...
Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
[ad_1] When billionaire Dutch TV producer John de Mol sued Facebook in 2019 over its alleged failure to stop scammers from using his image in deceptive ads, the social media...
AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too
[ad_1] AI models may be a bit like humans, after all.A new study from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and Purdue University shows that large language models...
Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World
[ad_1] Another TikTok video Degeling shared with WIRED showed a slow-motion, close-up angle of the bullet hitting Kirk’s neck. The tone of the video was conspiratorial: The user who uploaded...
Social Media Is Navigating Its Sectarian Phase
[ad_1] On September 1st, the author and statistician Nate Silver wrote a post on X diagnosing a new condition: “Blueskyism,” so named for the decentralized social network that has emerged...
X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say
[ad_1] A recent, hours-long fire at a data center used by Elon Musk’s X may have begun after an electrical or mechanical issue in a power system, according to an...
Musk Addresses Grok AI Chatbot’s Pro-Hitler Comments: System Was ‘Too Eager to Please and Be Manipulated’