governor of florida ron desantisAn outspoken cultural conservative who has long been seen as chief rival of donald trump Hoping to secure the Republican nomination, he will launch his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday. The 44-year-old Republican governor plans to announce his decision in an online conversation with Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the matter. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they are not…
"DeSantis set to make much-anticipated presidential campaign announcement, formalizing Trump rivalry"Tag: Elon Musk
San Francisco – Lawyers for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing data from the service and demanded an audit by the software giant. The letter focuses on a series of seemingly narrow violations in Microsoft’s extraction of information from Twitter’s tweet database. But the move could portend more serious developments. Musk previously accused Microsoft and its partner OpenAI in a tweet of “illegally” using Twitter data to develop complex artificial intelligence systems such…
"Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data, foreshadowing a possible fight over AI"
New York – In an interview this week, Twitter owner Elon Musk It said it would “correct” users who were stolen from fake elections on the platform. Prompted by a CNBC reporter, Musk asked for additional assurances that this would happen, to which Musk replied, “Oh yes, 100 percent.” However, many of these claims have flourished on Twitter in a week since former President Donald Trump took the time. CNN Town Hall Dig his lies…
"False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise"
New York – Elon Musk cannot walk out of a settlement with securities regulators after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private led to the company’s slump, an appeals court ruled. The deal came Monday after the electric carmaker’s shares soared and caused trading to be temporarily halted. The summary order came days after a three-judge panel heard attorneys’ arguments in the case. Last year, Musk challenged a lower court…
"Elon Musk must still have his tweets approved by Tesla lawyer, federal appeals court rules"
washington – Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have been warning for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools will soon allow anyone to create fake images, videos and audio that are remarkably realistic, Enough to fool voters and potentially influence elections. The resulting composite image is often rough, Inconclusive And it’s expensive to produce, especially when other types of misinformation are so cheap and easy to spread on social media.Artificial Intelligence and the So-Called…
"‘We’re not prepared for this’"
New York – It used to be easy to follow accurate information about the Philadelphia election on Twitter. The city commissioner’s account @phillyvotes is the only account with a blue checkmark, a sign of authenticity. But since social media platforms overhaul its verification service last month, check mark disappeared. This makes it harder to distinguish @phillyvotes from a list of random accounts not run by election offices but with very similar names. Nick Custodio, a…
"New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts"