The Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit has raided the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into alleged unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography. Both Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned for hearings in April. Concurrently, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is…
A woman has expressed her distress after her image was manipulated using Elon Musk’s AI Grok, which digitally undressed her without consent, leading her to feel “dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype. “On the social media platform X, users have reported similar experiences, where Grok was requested to alter images of women to depict…
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, has recently expressed his views on the evolution of photography on social media, particularly in the context of the surge of AI-generated content. He critiques the current state of visual media, emphasizing the challenges of maintaining authenticity as AI technology increasingly blurs the lines between real and artificial imagery….
Instagram tests “ad breaks” that force you to pause an ad for a certain amount of time before continuing scrolling. X and several Reddit users reported seeing the feature, and Instagram spokesperson Matthew Tye confirmed to The Verge that ad breaks are being tested. Instagram said it will provide updates if any formal product changes…
MrBeast has overtaken T-Series as the largest YouTube channel in a long-running battle for the most subscribers. Indian music label T-Series, which uploads trailers and music videos, has held the record for the largest YouTube channel for five years. MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, was already the person with the biggest following. At the age…
X CEO Elon Musk has said that new users who join X social media will have to pay a certain amount to post on it. He stated that this is only valid for new users and they can post for free till 3 months of account creation. It has not yet been officially announced which…
