Elon Musk

Elon Musk working on 'TruthGPT' as ChatGPT alternative
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In an interview with Fox News, Musk said that an alternative approach to AI creation is needed to "avoid the destruction of humanity". "I'm going to start something which I call 'TruthGPT' or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe," Musk was quoted as saying.
SpaceX gets US FAA launch licence, Starship test flight likely on April 17
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With the clearance in hand, the first test flight will likely take place on April 17, SpaceX said in a tweet. The FAA in a statement said: "After a comprehensive licence evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, payload, airspace integration and financial responsibility requirements." "Targeting as soon as Monday, April 17 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas," SpaceX wrote in a tweet on Friday, after getting the licence.
Musk creates AI company called X.AI to take on Microsoft's OpenAI
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Incorporated in Nevada, Texas, the company has Musk as the only listed director, and Jared Birchall, director of Musk's family office, as secretary, according to a filing. X.AI has authorized the sale of 100 million shares for the privately held company, reports Wall Street Journal. Musk aims to create an AI firm to take on Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the creator of the successful AI chatbot called ChatGPT.
Twitter's Super Follows now called Subscriptions
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Users can find the feature in the "Monetization" section of settings. "Apply to offer your followers subscriptions of any material, from longform text to hours-long video! Just tap on "Monetization" in settings," he tweeted on Thursday. The Subscriptions feature will let you charge users to get access to things like subscriber-only tweets, spaces, and badges.
Twitter introduces 10K character long tweets amid fight with Substack
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Twitter now supports tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, "with bold and italic text formatting," the company informed. In February, the micro-blogging platform introduced 4,000-character-long tweets for Blue subscribers. "Sign up for Twitter Blue to access these new features, and apply to enable Subscriptions on your account to earn income directly on Twitter. Tap on 'Monetization' in settings," said the Elon Musk-run company.
Musk unveils subscription-based monetisation plan for creators
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A Twitter user Shibetoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the popular cryptocurrency Dogecoin, recently took to the platform to share a screenshot of Musk's Twitter profile, showing that the tech billionaire had subscribed to his account. Along with the screenshot, Shibetoshi tweeted: "I don't usually flex but today was a stressful day and I am giving myself a flex."
Won't send my people to jail in India for violating laws: Musk on BBC docu ban
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In a Twitter Spaces interview with the BBC, he was asked about the micro-blogging platform taking down links related to the BBC's controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "India has very strict social media laws. If it's a choice between complying with the laws or going to jail, I'd rather comply with laws than have any of my people go to jail," he said.
Owning Twitter has been quite painful: Elon Musk
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In a Twitter Spaces interview with the BBC, the tech billionaire mentioned that he would sell the company if the right person came along. When asked whether he had any regrets about buying Twitter, Musk replied that the "pain level has been extremely high, this hasn't been some kind of party".
Musk gives April 20 as fresh deadline to remove all legacy Blue badges
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According to reports, there were technical challenges to removing so-called blue ticks quickly at scale and the only way to do it currently was a manual approach. Musk said in a tweet that "Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20". Details earlier emerged that Musk-run company does not have the backend technology to remove around 4.2 lakh legacy accounts with Blue ticks all at once.
Twitter merges with Elon Musk's everything app called 'X'
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In a court filing in the US, Twitter quietly disclosed that it no longer exists. "Twitter Inc. has been merged into X Corp. and no longer exists. X Corp. is a privately held corporation, incorporated in Nevada, and with its principal place of business in San Francisco, California," the filing mentioned.
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