Looks like they have the next SpaceX pilot right there.
On "The List"
Can't wait to read the replies from 'Boy Genius'
Musk becomes world's first half-trillionaire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89d3547npjo
I think we can all agree that trickle down economics is working out splendidly depending upon whom you ask.
Yeah but is he happy?
Hmmm. Remind me again why buying a Tesla this year, or continuing to use X/Starlink, is defensible?
https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com/post/3m33lkzly7w2c
Why would a guy arrested in a Bentley with £15K in cash need help with his legal fees?
Why spend your own money when you can convince a gullible person to pay for it instead?
Isn’t that Tommeh’s entire business model, though?
Journos asking Grok then believing its answers seems… poor.
https://bsky.app/profile/owenblacker.bsky.social/post/3mbyucjwbr22j
Meanwhile Indonesia has been the first country to jump and block Grok
https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com/post/3mc2kimwcuh26
Musk is inevitably framing this as a free speech issue. It’s mind-boggling that he doesn’t seem to get that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence.
I think it’s harsh to blame journalists for X’s incompetence (or deliberate half arsed response and lies);
Hiding behind your LLM shouldn’t be a way to continue breaking the law. X controls what Grok says and what it can be used for.
Is it just me, or are people missing something here. So, first, people discover that you can use Grok to make deepfake porn of anyone, understandable outrage ensues. Then it's announced that deepfake porn images are restricted to paid accounts and everyone's, "Ok then, fair enough."
What difference does it make whether you have to pay a small subscription or not? The fact that X allow anyone to do this is what is utterly outrageous, even if not really surprising.
Then it's announced that deepfake porn images are restricted to paid accounts and everyone's, "Ok then, fair enough."
Who said, “fair enough”? Last night I was listening to UK ministers say that it was an “insulting” response to continue access for paid accounts.
It’s mind-boggling that he doesn’t seem to get that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence.
I'm sure he does.. but he's a **** so doesn't care.
Who said, “fair enough”? Last night I was listening to UK ministers say that it was an “insulting” response to continue access for paid accounts.
That is a great relief.
Then it's announced that deepfake porn images are restricted to paid accounts and everyone's, "Ok then, fair enough."
I havent seen anyone take that line although I guess some muskites will have. The general commentary I have seen is "no, turning child porn image generation into a paid for service isnt really an improvement".
I think it’s harsh to blame journalists for X’s incompetence (or deliberate half arsed response and lies);
That’s a reasonable point, but it is on journalists if they’ve asked Grok and taken its replies at face value.
I was under the impression the paywalling thing isn’t actually true?
It’s mind-boggling that he doesn’t seem to get that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence.
I've no doubt he understands, he's just not going to care unless he can monetise it.
I've no doubt he understands, he's just not going to care unless he can monetise it.
Yup its important to remember that he really isnt a fan of freedom of speech unless that speech benefits him. He wants to live without consequences whilst still imposing consequences on those who speak in a way he dislikes.
There will likely be no better time in the foreseeable future for governments around the world to both reign in social media and the billionaires that control it.
Musk justifying and monetising paedophilia as as "free speech" should have every government around the world rushing to bring in new legislation. If this isn't the perfect time then there never will be. A lot of governments must be watching Australia with great interest at the moment.
At a societal level social media has brought nothing to the world other than toxicity and the undermining of democracy itself.
Free speech fundamentalists being forced to justify paedophilia (as long as you are a subscriber!) is the perfect karma bomb the world needs.
The govt's position is that they should keep posting on the CSAM site but no-one should be able to read it? That's some impressive joined-up thinking there.
(I'd say "kiddie porn" but there are legitimate objections to that term)
There will likely be no better time in the foreseeable future for governments around the world to both reign in social media and the billionaires that control it.
Perhaps it needs a grok produced image of every single republicans daughter being railroaded by an image of musk before we’ll see any pushback from them, could include trumps daughters/granddaughters to really drive home the point
could include trumps daughters/granddaughters to really drive home the point
Given trumps previous comments his only question would be how can he replace musk with himself.
As much as I don't really like the idea of blanket banning sites, X is definitely one that should be now.
Free speech should not included being able to make csam and the other effects of banning it will only be positive
When a white supremacist acts and states white nationalist values then there is only one possible response you should take if you ever find yourself standing in front of them
https://bsky.app/profile/ottoenglish.bsky.social/post/3mc2wuoyjyc26
As much as I don't really like the idea of blanket banning sites, X is definitely one that should be now.
Free speech should not included being able to make csam and the other effects of banning it will only be positive
I think a big issue is the US treating any moves to regulate SM services by other governments as a form a foreign interference. It would have always seemed social media sites were borderless but now it seems they are actually US sovereign territory rather than simply web services that happen to have their corporate office in the US.
Stick a ****ing flag in it then - mandate Stars and Stripes on every internet platform and service just so we know where we are.
A little sick came up
A little sick came up
Box it up and send it to the UK twitter address in London @ FAO Elon the Paedophile King, 1st Floor, 20 Air Street, London, W1B 5AN,
Or just lay a turd and send that instead
It's all very confusing on X at the moment.
When you point out that free speech and enabling pedo porn are likely not actually the same thing it appears they are but they also aren't. It's a standing oedo particle.
It's stunning to also see the mental gymnastics being deployed, particularly by English Patriots urging Trump to invade, well, Engerland, the land they profess to love.
All very odd.
I am somewhat confused by all the stuff going on at Twitter, if I owned a social media tool that people were using to create reet dodgy images, I would disable it until such a time that it worked so people were unable to create such images.
But we are in a place where Musk doesn't seem to want to do that.
He doesn't want to be told what to do, and he doesn't want to restrict what people can do with the tools he controls. At all. He is not going to voluntarily do anything he isn't forced into by the threat of regulations backed by the power to switch his services off.
I'm clearly being a bit to simple, but why can't (or won't) the government just block all access to Twitter?
It seems very obvious...freedom of speech is absolutely fine but it comes with consequences (as has been stated many times on this site).
I'm unsure why this hasn't been swiftly resolved by a blanket ban.
A ban as a result of legal proceedings, or a ruling from the regulator... that's one thing... an arbitrary instruction to block the platform taken directly by a minister? That's another.
Think of it this way... what if Musk supports and helps to get a future government elected... and their minister starting blocking access to competing platforms but not his... with no ruling by or recourse to the regulating body or the courts.
The government, and parliament, need to set the laws and empower the regulator and courts to act.
Ah ok...I've clearly not being paying much attention as I thought it had been discussed and was a case of when it was happening...if it hasn't been determined then that kind of explains why it is still accessible.
I'm clearly being a bit to simple, but why can't (or won't) the government just block all access to Twitter?
Because trump would hit the uk with punitive tarrifs/trade deals.
I see that GB News are doing just as tou world expect. A female presenter (definitely not news anchor as that would invite scrutiny...) laughed off the though of herself being AI'ed into wearing a bikini.
That gave me me my almost daily wft moment. If she's ok with that, fine, I suppose... but how about if her children or nieces/nephews are AI'ed into masked sexual poses? Is it still just a big of a chuckle then?
Would she just laugh that off becauce a bit of paedophilia is just "free speech" after all? I can't but help think she understandably would be instructing her solicitors within minutes when this type of "free speech" is aimed at her family... but the rest of us?
Well, our families obviously don't matter and it's all just a bit of a giggle.
Send her kids an ai generated image of mummy bent over the gb news desk whilst Elon and trump go twos up
how would she feel then?
I see that GB News are doing just as tou world expect. A female presenter (definitely not news anchor as that would invite scrutiny...) laughed off the though of herself being AI'ed into wearing a bikini.
That gave me me my almost daily wft moment. If she's ok with that, fine, I suppose... but how about if her children or nieces/nephews are AI'ed into masked sexual poses? Is it still just a big of a chuckle then?
Would she just laugh that off becauce a bit of paedophilia is just "free speech" after all? I can't but help think she understandably would be instructing her solicitors within minutes when this type of "free speech" is aimed at her family... but the rest of us?
Well, our families obviously don't matter and it's all just a bit of a giggle.
"It's okay if bad things happen to other people, just as long as it's not me."
I think that's the top and bottom of the mentality we are dealing with.
See also Gamers Nexus Vs. Palantir/Eliano Younes
I'm still a little shocked that they're isn't more world push back (yet) about Musk monetising AI paedophilia pics but there seems to be some momentum growing.
It's only a state, not an, erm State... But it's the 4th biggest economy in the world from memory and the home to silicon valley of course, so it's still significant.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwnqlpw7gxo
Just saw this on the link, I mean, what? Does he really believe that in his own head? 😬
On Wednesday, Musk posted to X that he is "not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero."
So still not actually removed the ability as a VPN will get round the geoblock -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8gz8g2qnlo
Saying that, I'm assuming that would already be known.
The immediate question is whether X has gone far enough here to satisfy the authorities?
They're basically saying crack on - we'll put minimum protection in place to stop people accessing it.
But also protect women & girls.
Absolute scum.
They're basically saying crack on - we'll put minimum protection in place to stop people accessing it.
Someone was saying on the internets that Grok will still generate the images, the geoblock just stops people seeing them. This isn't good enough.
And this is because it is far cheaper for Musk (for it _is_ he that decides this) to put a geoblock in than it would be for X to re-write Grok with proper guardrails that actually prevented this.
It is literally the least amount of effort and cost that can be put out to stop the UK, California and any other nation with laws against CSAM or nudifying fining his product.
I honestly hope that someone has the stones to fine him a percentage of X's turnover for this, with other countries doing the same thing. Twitter might have helped the Arab Spring in the past, but now it is just a mouthpiece for racists, trolls and disinformation.
And this is because it is far cheaper for Musk (for it _is_ he that decides this) to put a geoblock in than it would be for X to re-write Grok with proper guardrails that actually prevented thi
I wonder if X engineers can even identify and delete the specific bits of code to prevent it from creating these sorts of images.
I wonder if X engineers can even identify and delete the specific bits of code to prevent it from creating these sorts of images.
Nope because it doesnt exist in terms of code. As Willard says its about writing guardrails in the prompts to try and block stuff being returned.
Well that or create a data training set which excludes any images which can then be used as the basis for it. Which would be difficult and restrictive eg no women in bikinis (not even princess Leia) and so on.
You guys are over thinking it. He's a stubborn guy with all the money, he won't do shit unless it's stunningly obviously will destroy his business empire. As he's mostly got the ear of the US admin, and the US admin are trying to force the EU etc not to censor X he will not have trouble maintaining his stubborn stance. Also, he thinks 4chan is funny so it's just
Unsurprising news of the day.
Now apparently worth £850bn. How is such possible? Guess much of it is just hype, and he could never realise it if he sold much stock, but by heck that's a lot of dosh for one person to have. Obv paid well to fund the Orange Clown a few sheckles and hang with him for a spell.
I thought Musk's name popping to the top of the forum would have been because X's French headquarters were raided by Paris Cyber Crime unit today... who posted about it on X and then in the same tweet added that they would now stop posting on X
Seemilngly their initial investigation which started this time last year into fraudulent data extraction has been widened to include possession and organised distribution of child porn as well as denial of crimes against humanity.
Channel4News used footage they got Grok to generate when reporting on the merger. To say I think less of ITN now is putting it mildly.
who posted about it on X and then in the same tweet added that they would now stop posting on X
There was something on the news last week about the French government pivoting away from US technology companies, after the Greenland debacle and also Trump mummering about using technology as weapon against europe, Macron went good point we will dump US technology companies from government infrastructure. Hopefully other European governments will follow.
who posted about it on X and then in the same tweet added that they would now stop posting on X
There was something on the news last week about the French government pivoting away from US technology companies, after the Greenland debacle and also Trump mummering about using technology as weapon against europe, Macron went good point we will dump US technology companies from government infrastructure. Hopefully other European governments will follow.
I think I read somewhere the Europe are developing an alternative to VISA/AMEX payment systems...sounds like a good idea to me.
I think the european payment system will be more an ECB "paypal" type app, or an electronic wallet that you top up from your bank account to use for payment. So not a direct replacement for the current system, it didn't sound that great when I heard it described, but it might be better once released in practice.
I think the idea is to stop mastercard/visa taking a cut from retailers more than a consumer friendly alternative. There is no reason it can't be both but I think so far they haven't given enough thought to the latter IMO.
Viva la France
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah etc...
Just saw this on the link, I mean, what? Does he really believe that in his own head?
It is hard to believe that some of these people really believe some of the things they say. Or hard to understand how they can perform the mental gymnastics required.
I honestly don't understand how Karoline Leavitt, for example, is able to stand in front of the media with a straight face.
Remember when the press secretaries would quit after a while?
Remember when the press secretaries would quit after a while?
Her staying power has been remarkable, although she does now seem to be increasingly following her boss down the "you're just a terrible journalist" route when she can't be bothered thinking up an answer
Much used by Reform MPs and spokespeople as well. Lee Anderson was using it on the R4 Today programme this morning.
I honestly don't understand how Karoline Leavitt, for example, is able to stand in front of the media with a straight face.
Botox probably helps