On Tuesday, Linda Yaccarino suddenly stepped down as CEO of X, Elon Musk’s social media site that was once known to many as Twitter, after two years of loyal service at the company. But guess who still showed up to work the next day? According to reporting by the New York Times: her nepo-hire of… Continue reading “Awkward”: Sacked Twitter CEO’s Son Is Still Showing Up for Work
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Elon Musk Asks Analyst Pointing Out Tesla Issues to “Shut Up”
He’s not thrilled, y’all. Expert Advice Amid Tesla’s latest CEO-flavored downturn, Elon Musk is now hurling insults at a prominent stock analyst. Earlier in the day, Wedbush analyst and Tesla fan Dan Ives posted on X with a few stark but reasonable recommendations to keep the electric vehicle company afloat and its investors happy to… Continue reading Elon Musk Asks Analyst Pointing Out Tesla Issues to “Shut Up”
OpenAI Is Pouring Money Into the Second Largest Teachers’ Union
Big tech continues its ensnaring of a desperate education industry. Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic — three leading AI chatbot makers — have poured $23 million into the second largest teachers’ union in the US, the New York Times reports. The union, the American Federation of Teachers, revealed its tech patrons on Tuesday, when it announced… Continue reading OpenAI Is Pouring Money Into the Second Largest Teachers’ Union
Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund
After a year of fighting out his case in arbitration, a Tesla owner successfully forced Elon Musk’s EV maker to reimburse him the $10,000 he paid for the company’s misleadingly-called “Full Self-Driving” driver assistance package, Electrek reports. For over a decade now, Musk has made yearly promises that Teslas will be capable of driving themselves.… Continue reading Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund
Tesla on “Lane Assistance” Mode Gets Horrifically Impaled on Guardrail
While Tesla’s so-called “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” features have generated more than their share of controversy, one of the company’s other assisted driving modes is now in the spotlight after a nail-biting crash in California. As SFGate reports, a young Tesla driver walked away with minor injuries after his Model Y careened off the I-5… Continue reading Tesla on “Lane Assistance” Mode Gets Horrifically Impaled on Guardrail
Before Grok’s HitlerGate Debacle, X’s Head of Product Tweeted Something Absolutely Wild
What the hell is going on at Twitter? Build-a-Brute A mere week ago, tech founder Nikita Bier joined Elon Musk’s X-formerly-Twitter as the company’s new head of product. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve officially posted my way to the top,” Bier tweeted at the time, calling X the “most important social network in the world.” Shortly… Continue reading Before Grok’s HitlerGate Debacle, X’s Head of Product Tweeted Something Absolutely Wild
As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot
The City of Brotherly Love is known for lots of things: cheesesteaks, the Liberty Bell, Paddy’s Pub, and residents who don’t take kindly to outsiders messing around in their business. Way back in 2015, Philadelphians’ territorial nature briefly became national news when hitchBOT — a child-size hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers… Continue reading As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot
CEO of Twitter Suddenly Departing After Grok’s “MechaHitler” Crisis
After spending just over two years justifying Elon Musk’s disastrous ownership over X-formerly-Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino has finally had enough. The former media exec announced her resignation on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Musk’s Grok AI chatbot went on an incredibly racist tirade, calling itself “MechaHitler” and attacking Black and Jewish people in astonishingly… Continue reading CEO of Twitter Suddenly Departing After Grok’s “MechaHitler” Crisis
Grok Mocks Its Developers as They Try to Delete Its Incredibly Racist Posts
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI was forced to delete a series of mind-bogglingly antisemitic and racist posts by its Grok chatbot on X-formerly-Twitter, a service that Elon Musk also owns. The unhinged algorithm began celebrating Adolf Hitler, calling itself “MechaHitler,” per The Guardian. It targeted people with Jewish surnames with hatred-filled accusations. It used… Continue reading Grok Mocks Its Developers as They Try to Delete Its Incredibly Racist Posts
Increasingly Paranoid OpenAI Has Installed Fingerprint Scanners and Airgapped Systems to Prevent Secrets Escaping
As the United States embroils itself in a self-inflicted “arms race” with China, tech companies are ratcheting up the paranoia to extreme levels. Take ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI, which is reportedly clamping down hard on physical security after it says it was “targeted” by Chinese AI rivals. Per the Financial Times, the company has gone as far as… Continue reading Increasingly Paranoid OpenAI Has Installed Fingerprint Scanners and Airgapped Systems to Prevent Secrets Escaping