Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law

AI /

California’s newest law could land social media users who post, or repost, AI deepfakes that deceive voters about upcoming elections in legal trouble. Governor Gavin Newsom suggests that AB 2839, which went into effect immediately after he signed it on Tuesday, could be used to reel in Elon Musk’s retweets, among others who spread deceptive […]

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No, the FAA isn’t fining SpaceX because of Elon Musk’s politics, former FAA head says

Government & Policy /

This week, Elon Musk identified a new constraint for his Mars-bound ambitions. It wasn’t the -85°F surface temperature, or the 140 million miles he’ll need to travel. Rather, it’s something far more pedestrian: “The fundamental problem is that humanity will forever be confined to Earth unless there is radical reform at the FAA,” he posted

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Neuralink’s ‘breakthrough device’ clearance from FDA does not mean they have cured blindness

Biotech & Health /

Neuralink, the Elon Musk-owned brain-computer interface company, has received “breakthrough device” clearance from the FDA. But this does not mean the outfit has developed a cure for blindness, whatever Musk might say. The breakthrough devices program at the FDA is a voluntary program that developers can apply to that, if granted, “offers manufacturers an opportunity

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X is hiring staff for security and safety after two years of layoffs

Security /

Nearly two years after the layoffs across X’s trust, safety and security teams, Elon Musk’s social media company is now trying to hire new employees to help moderate content and secure its platform, according to X’s official job listings.  In the last month, X posted two dozen job openings evenly split across its safety and

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Top court orders ban on Elon Musk’s X in Brazil

Media & Entertainment /

A top court in Brazil ordered an immediate, country-wide suspension of the X platform on Friday after a months-long legal battle with Elon Musk’s social media company over content moderation, according to Bloomberg.   Earlier this month, X closed its operations in Brazil in protest against court orders asking it to remove accounts that allegedly

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The banks that loaned Musk $13B to buy Twitter might be having regrets

Social /

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, looks like a pretty bad investment right about now. As readers might recall, billionaire Elon Musk borrowed $13 billion from Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and five other major banks to help finance the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, as it was then called. According to the

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