Elon Musk acknowledged that X’s creator payouts are underpaid and misallocated, saying YouTube handles creator payments better. Musk’s critique of X’s monetization Elon Musk weighed into a public thread about X’s creator program after product head Nikita Bier mentioned upcoming “small upgrades” for power users. Musk wrote that the platform was “underpaying and not allocating … Read more
Elon Musk says xAI’s Grok will soon detect AI-generated videos and trace their origins. What Musk announced Elon Musk told users on X that Grok, the AI chatbot developed by his xAI unit and integrated with X, will gain the ability to scan videos for technical “AI signatures” in the bitstream and then research online … Read more
Elon Musk and X Corp. have agreed to settle a lawsuit by four former Twitter executives who said they were owed $128 million in severance. Settlement reached Court filings show the parties filed a deal in San Francisco federal court last week, but the terms were not disclosed. A federal judge on Oct. 1 paused … Read more
Elon Musk fired an X engineer after being told his posts were losing engagement, a new book and earlier reporting say. What the new book says Jacob Silverman’s upcoming book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley recounts an episode from 2023 in which Musk reacted angrily when engineers told him his … Read more
Imagine you want to check if your boyfriend secretly followed his ex. He looks amazing and, of course, girls keep flocking to him. You trust him, but trust and double-check, right? Or you are a marketer who wants to see who your competitors follow or who follows them quickly. Why not? Checking a competitor’s account … Read more
Linda Yaccarino, the former chief executive officer of Elon Musk’s social-media platform X (formerly Twitter), has officially departed the company. After a fraught two-year tenure, she accepted a new leadership role in the healthcare technology sector. Departure From X On July 9, 2025, Yaccarino announced her resignation in a post. She thanked Elon Musk for … Read more