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  • Elon Musk’s Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than Leonardo da Vinci

    Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, has been telling users the world’s richest person is smarter and more fit than anyone in the world, in a raft of recently deleted posts that have called into question the…

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  • Elon Musk becomes first person with net worth of $500bn

    Tesla owner’s wealth temporarily crosses half-trillion-dollar mark before retreating to $499bn Business live – latest updates Elon Musk has become the first person to reach a net worth of $500bn, bringing the Tesla chief executive halfway to trillionaire status. Musk’s wealth temporarily crossed the half-trillion mark on Wednesday before retreating to $499bn, according to the…

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  • Elon Musk’s X calls for delay in Australia’s child social media ban citing ‘serious concerns’ about policy’s lawfulness

    Platform’s submission to age verification inquiry argues for a grace period for enforcement of laws it claims could infringe on human rights treaties Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Elon Musk’s X has called for a delay in Australia’s under-16s social…

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  • Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far-right rally in London

    Met forced to rebut misinformation amplified by X users as Musk accused of inciting violence with protest comments The Metropolitan police has had to counter false suggestions by the artificial intelligence on Elon Musk’s X platform that the force passed off footage from 2020 as being from Saturday’s far-right rally in the city. The claim…

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  • Elon Musk and X reach tentative settlement with laid-off Twitter staff

    Ex-workers said Musk failed to honor severance plan when he fired them after acquiring social media platform in 2022 Elon Musk and his social media platform, X, reached a tentative settlement on Wednesday with former Twitter employees after a years-long legal battle over severance pay. Former staff had sought $500m in a proposed class action…

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  • Elon Musk threatens Apple with lawsuit over OpenAI, sparking Sam Altman feud

    Billionaire accuses Apple of ‘unequivocal antitrust violation’ over app rankings, prompting testy response Elon Musk has threatened legal action against Apple on behalf of his artificial intelligence startup xAI, accusing the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI and breaching antitrust regulations in managing the rankings in its App Store. The posts elicited snide responses from Sam…

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  • FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

    Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combined Tech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week. Law enforcement agencies,…

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  • Musk’s X must face claim of negligence over child abuse images, judge rules

    Court revives part of lawsuit accusing X of failing to promptly report uploaded images to relevant authorities A federal appeals court on Friday revived part of a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s X of becoming a haven for child exploitation, though the court said the platform deserves broad immunity from claims over objectionable content. While rejecting…

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  • UK Online Safety Act risks ‘seriously infringing’ free speech, says X

    Elon Musk’s social media platform says lawmakers made a ‘conscientious decision’ to increase censorship Elon Musk’s X platform has said the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of “seriously infringing” free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content. The social media company said the act’s “laudable” intentions…

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