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Mia Sato

Mia Sato

Features Writer, The Verge

Features Writer, The Verge

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    Pinterest is working on diversifying its search results.

    A new search tool will let users filter results by body type, starting with women’s fashion and wedding content.

    Pinterest is a popular platform — especially for young people — when it comes to mood boarding and finding inspiration for everything from outfit ideas to hairstyles. The company has previously introduced similar filters for skin tone and hair pattern.

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    More than an hour and a half later, that’s a wrap.

    Musk’s portion has ended, the phones came out for pictures, and DealBook has come to a close. Thanks for tuning in.

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    No mention of X suing Media Matters.

    We’re nearing the end of this interview, but Sorkin hasn’t yet asked Musk about X’s lawsuit against Media Matters, which reported that ads were appearing next to Nazi content.

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    Sorkin asked about X’s throttling of his employer.

    This came right in the middle of a discussion around “free speech” on X. Over the summer, Times links on X took longer to load — Musk didn’t directly answer Sorkin’s question on whether he made a choice to punish the Times.

    His response: “Free speech is not exactly free. It costs a little bit.” He referenced the Times not being a paying X user.

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    There’s a noticeable difference between this interview and others today.

    Sorkin is interjecting and pushing back less, the discussion is meandering, and we’re about 30 minutes over schedule. I’ve lost count of the number of times Sorkin has said, “let me ask you a different question” in order to pivot to something else.

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    Musk on the OpenAI meltdown.

    Musk says he hasn’t found anyone who knows why Sam Altman was ousted (and eventually brought back) — but believes a recent AI breakthrough could have caused the power struggle. A recent report suggested that OpenAI may have made progress towards AGI.

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    Behind Musk and Sorkin, balloons read “Let Gaza live.”

    The DealBook stage sits in front of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Manhattan. The balloon letters are floating in and out of view behind the background screen outside. It’s unclear who’s behind them.

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    The Musk interview has taken a turn.

    In a strange turn, we’re now watching Sorkin and Musk talk about the interior “storm” in Musk’s mind.

    “Is it a happy storm?” No, says Musk. I’m not sure how we got here.

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    “Go fuck yourself.”

    That’s Musk’s on-stage message to advertisers who he says are “blackmailing” him — i.e. the companies like Disney, Apple, IBM, and many more that are pulling ads from the platform after his antisemitic posts.