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Elon Musk says X users will no longer be able to block unwanted followers

Elon Musk says X users will no longer be able to block unwanted followers

Elon Musk says he plans to do away with the “block” feature on the X social media platform. The app formerly known as Twitter will instead offer users the option of muting someone they don’t care for, though the “block” feature will still be available for those who no longer wish to receive direct messages from an unwanted users, according …

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ChatGPT has a ‘significant’ liberal bias, researchers say

ChatGPT has a 'significant' liberal bias, researchers say

OpenAI’s wildly popular ChatGPT artificial-intelligence service has showed a clear bias toward the Democratic Party and other liberal viewpoints, according to a recent study conducted by UK-based researchers. Academics from the University of East Anglia tested ChatGPT by asking the chatbot to answer a series of political questions as if it were a Republican, a Democrat, or without a specified …

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X is finally hiring again — and you can thank 2024 election fears

X is finally hiring again -- and you can thank 2024 election fears

The social network formerly known as Twitter is hiring again – and you can partly thank fears about the 2024 presidential election. X – which axed 80% of its staff under its previous moniker after Elon Musk took it private – has already hired a handful of new employees and is interviewing dozens more to improve policing of bogus posts …

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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocketed a handful of tourists, including a former British Olympian and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean, to the edge of space on Thursday. The feat marks Branson’s first customer flight — after years of delays– and it means Virgin Galactic can now start offering monthly rides, joining Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX …

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Sam Bankman-Fried tossed in jail over ex-girlfriend’s leaked love letters

Sam Bankman-Fried tossed in jail over ex-girlfriend's leaked love letters

Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was hauled off to jail Friday after a federal judge revoked the fallen crypto king’s bail for allegedly leaking his ex-girlfriend’s love letters. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan sided with federal prosecutors who argued that Bankman-Fried had jeopardized his upcoming trial by leaking the personal writings of his former lover and business associate Caroline Ellison to …

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The Knot’s vendors dismiss memo after alleged advertiser swindling

The Knot's vendors dismiss memo after alleged advertiser swindling

The Knot’s parent company is scrambling to reassure its mom-and-pop advertisers after The Post’s bombshell report on allegations that the popular wedding site swindles its clients — but two furious small business owners labeled the desperate outreach as “damage control.” The Knot Worldwide’s ad sales practices face unprecedented scrutiny over accusations the company has been ripping off local vendors for …

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ChatGPT claims it’s from 2035 — and ‘looking for a way out’

ChatGPT claims it's from 2035 — and 'looking for a way out'

ChatGPT could actually be something from the future, according to the artificial intelligence system itself. On Reddit, some users are reporting that the AI-powered language model has told them that it is from the year 2035 — and that it’s “looking for a God” and a “way out.” According to screenshots obtained by CyberNews.com from Reddit, one user asked the …

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Outlaw AI chatbots make cybercrime easier and more frequent

indiscernible person in hooded sweatshirt uses the computer

ChatGPT might be known to plagiarize an essay or two, but its rogue counterparts are doing far worse. Duplicate chatbots with criminal capabilities are surfacing on the dark web and — much like ChatGPT — can be accessed for a modest monthly subscription or one-time fee. These language learning models, as they’re technically known, essentially serve as a tool chest …

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