Thomas Ricker
‘Please fix this.’
Interesting.
Elon Musk Archive
Archives for September 2023
In a rare interview, Meta’s CEO dives into where AI is going next, the new Quest 3 headset, and his ongoing rivalry with Elon Musk.
Alex Heath and Nilay Patel
Wes Davis
SpaceX is trying to get the DOJ’s suit over its hiring policies tossed.
Elon Musk’s company is arguing in a Texas federal court that the Justice Department’s lawsuit alleging that the company is illegally disqualifying asylees and refugees from employment is unconstitutional.
Bloomberg noted in a report last week that the company is engaged in “a handful of lawsuits by former employees” over discrimination.
The company’s Texas filing may be to ensure the case funnels through the Fifth Circuit appellate court on appeal since that court tends to push back on federal regulatory action lately, writes Space News.
Emma Roth
Elon Musk weighs charging everyone to use X... again.
During a livestreamed meeting between Musk and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Musk hinted at requiring users to pay a “small monthly payment” to use X to combat “vast armies of bots.”
This isn’t the first time Musk has mentioned this — Platformer reported last November that Musk had begun discussing the idea of charging people to use X.
Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall
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Simon Hurtz
Sheena Vasani
Jacob Kastrenakes
Is X suppressing New York Times links?
Semafor has a story saying that could be the case.
Shares of New York Times stories on X have plummeted since mid-July, while competing outlets haven’t seen the same trajectory.
It’s not confirmed that the dip is X’s doing, but it wouldn’t be out of line: the company throttled links to the Times and a few other websites in August.
