X faces brief global outage, thousands of users report disruptions
Reports of disruptions with X began to surge at around 12.20 pm IST. By 12.43 pm, more than 34,415 users in the US had reported issues with the platform
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Jury finds Musk misled investors in Twitter deal, clears some fraud claims
A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for USD 44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding that he did not "scheme" to mislead investors. The civil trial in San Francisco centered on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which he later renamed X. Jurors were asked to decide if two tweets and comments Musk made on a podcast in May 2022 amounted to him intentionally defrauding Twitter shareholders, who sold their shares based on Musk's statements. The nine-person jury returned the verdict after 3 days of deliberation, nearly three weeks after the trial began on March 2. They said that while Musk was liable for misleading investors with two tweets -- including one said the Twitter deal was "temporarily on hold," he did not do so with a statement he made on a podcast and that
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Elon Musk's X probes offensive posts by xAI's Grok chatbot: Report
X and its safety teams are urgently investigating the chatbot's role in generating "hate-filled, racist posts" online in response to user prompts
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Musk's spam concern was 'confusing': Ex-Twitter executives tell court
Two days of testimony from Agrawal and Segal pushed back on Musk's own recollection that he was always committed to the deal, but believed that Twitter had lied to him about per cent of spam accounts
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Judge's 'bias' forced me to pay full price for Twitter, says Elon Musk
The jury is hearing claims by Twitter investors that Musk defrauded them by manipulating the platform's share price so he could acquire it more cheaply
X down for thousands of users in the US and UK, shows Downdetector
The actual number of affected users may differ from what's shown on Downdetector because these reports are user-submitted
Threads introduces 'Dear Algo' AI feature to personalise feed: How it works
Threads introduces "Dear Algo," a new AI-powered feature that lets users publicly request more or less of certain posts and adjust their feed for three days
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Bluesky to bring better posting tools, improve discovery and live features
Bluesky has shared its 2026 roadmap, outlining updates focused on live events, custom feeds, better posting tools, improved discovery, and deeper support for third-party apps
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EU launches probe into X over Grok AI's sexualised content, says lawmaker
A Commission spokesperson did not immediately respond when asked to confirm if an investigation had been opened
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Elon Musk's X offers $1 million reward for best long-form article
The announcement was made on Saturday by X's Creators account, which said the "top article" of the upcoming payout period would receive the $1 million award
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X, AI chatbot Grok hit by major global outage; thousands of users affected
X suffered a global outage, disrupting access for users in India and overseas. Feeds reportedly failed to load, posts could not be published, and the platform's AI chatbot Grok was also affected
Elon Musk's X blocks Grok from creating explicit images after complaints
The Elon Musk-owned platform said the restriction will apply to all users, including paid subscribers, following action sought by the IT ministry over misuse of AI-generated images
India needs specific AI regulations for Grok-like issues: Experts
The Grok controversy has exposed gaps in India's tech laws, reviving calls for AI-specific regulation, conditional safe harbour, and stronger safeguards against misuse of generative tools
Grok controversy: X admits lapses, blocks 3.5K posts, 600 accounts
After government pressure, X removes thousands of obscene Grok-generated images in India, but the fight over platform liability and user misuse is far from over
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Increasing discomfort: AI and social media need new norms of regulation
The Grok controversy shows how fast-moving AI is outpacing laws, forcing governments to rethink how to curb explicit content without undermining free speech
Grok imagery row: X admits mistake, likely to comply with Indian norms
X has accepted its mistake, and said it will comply with Indian laws, sources said, adding that in future, the platform will not allow obscene imagery
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Elon Musk says X to open-source its new algorithm within seven days
This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed," Musk, who owns X, said in a post on the platform
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Govt considering legal action against Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok
Grok like any other content-generating account on X, faces risk of being barred
X limits Grok image-generation tool to paid users amid global abuse concern
X has restricted its Grok AI image-generation tool to paid users after reports emerged of people using it to generate objectionable images of women and children
Meity unhappy with X's reply on Grok misuse, may seek more details
Government may seek additional details on chatbot's role in generating explicit images