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☆ I tracked all the ads I received in a day — here's what I saw
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

When my editor asked me to track all the ads I saw in a day, I wasn't sure how it would go. To personalize Google ads, for example, you can go to "My Ad Center" and opt to turn personalized ads on or off in the top-right corner. If you turn them on, Google will use the information it collects about you to give you more personalized ads. I decided to keep personalized ads off for Google because that's how I usually have it. I also found some of the TikTok ads interesting or helpful.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's X, Instagram, I'm, Ana Altchek, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Google, Facebook, YouTube, Urban Outfitters, Netflix, Amazon, Spotify

☆ Elon Musk’s reversal on blue checkmarks shows his desperation to lure high-profile users back to X
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk has given up, restoring the “lords and peasants” blue checkmark system he once admonished and assailed as elitism. “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit,” Musk wrote in November 2022. But most journalists and other notable users who once sported the checkmark declined to fork over the cash. Even worse, trolls impersonating the identities of others were granted blue checkmarks, stripping the symbol of its core value: identity verification. A representative for X did not respond to a request for comment on Musk’s move to restore the blue checkmarks.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon Musk, Twitter’s, X, Musk, ” Musk, Musk —, —, “ Organizations: New York CNN Locations: New York

☆ I Got My Twitter Blue Check Back and I Don't Know What to Do
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some users have been re-verified on X for being a "notable" account and given a blue check. During this time, the blue check has come to mean something very specific: someone who actually pays for X. (OK, I'm sure that not ALL people who were paying for a blue check fall into those categories. AdvertisementThere hasn't been an official explanation of why a bunch of formerly verified people just got a free blue check. I think the only reasonable answer here is to hide the blue check and enjoy the free features.

Persons: —, It's, haven't, Elon Musk, I've, Elon Organizations: Service, Twitter, Elon

☆ Elon Musk's X begins rewarding 'influential' users with blue checks, free subscriptions to platform
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk's social media site X began rolling out free premium features, including verification badges known as "blue checks," to select users late Wednesday in an effort to reward what it calls "influential" people on the platform. For most users, X Premium is a paid subscription service that can be opted into. By subscribing, users get access to exclusive features, like the option to display a blue checkmark on their profile. X CEO Linda Yaccarino shared Musk's post late Wednesday as the features began rolling out. It is not clear how long users will have access to free premium features, or if it will be possible for them to opt out of the service.

Persons: Elon, Musk, Linda Yaccarino Organizations: X Help, CNBC, Twitter, Disney, Apple Locations: U.S

☆ Elon Musk’s X is back to giving out free blue checks. It’s no surprise they were a tough sell
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —It appears that Elon Musk has finally (mostly) given up on trying to make paid blue checks on X a thing. The return of the free blue check may be a sign that the blue check subscription business hasn’t panned out the way that Musk hoped. Musk’s purge of legacy blue checks was a messy, months-long process. And when anyone could buy a blue check, it was no longer an exclusive symbol that conferred some kind of status. Within hours of the unpaid blue checks reappearing, users were sharing advice about how to ensure they didn’t show up on their profiles.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, hasn’t, ”, Jason Goldman, Twitter’s, Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly’s, Stephen King, LeBron James, Matt Navarra, ” Goldman, X, “ Dear Elon Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter, Nintendo, Elon Locations: New York

☆ It's hard to compete with Elon Musk when recruiting AI talent, CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said Elon Musk's xAI is stiff competition in the recruiting space. The AI CEO said Musk's company offers the highest compensation at the moment. Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of the AI company Perplexity, said it can be difficult to compete with the Tesla CEO when recruiting. Musk launched his own AI startup, xAI, last year and Srinivas said it has since become one of the highest-paying companies for AI talent — on par with OpenAI. In January, Financial Times reported that Musk's AI venture was in talks to raise $6 billion at around a $20 billion valuation.

Persons: Aravind Srinivas, Elon Musk's, It's, —, Elon Musk, Tesla, Musk, Srinivas, OpenAI, Alex Heath, Perplexity, Heath, OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's, Patrick Collison, Collison, Srnivas, he'd, Mark, Fortune, X Organizations: Service, OpenAI, Street Journal, Financial Times, xAI, TechCrunch, Twitter, SpaceX, Musk .

☆ Why can’t we stop calling X, Twitter?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Saira Mueller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While some people (mainly fans of Musk) have embraced the X brand, most have not. Many people, both online and in person, still call the platform Twitter, and refer to posts as tweets. WHY ARE WE STILL CALLING THIS PLATFORM TWITTER. Even when you do see X, it's framed as "X, formerly Twitter". So the brand is what they say it is… it’s not that customers can’t stop calling it Twitter, it’s that they won’t.”

Persons: it’s, adieu, Elon Musk, — Jack Scalfani, ”, — Sherrye Pomeroy, Linda Yaccarino, It’s, ” Ramon Jimenez, Wolff Olins, “, ” Marty Neumeier, —, Musk, ’, Zoë Schiffer, Schiffer, Josh Adelson, X, x.com, ” Musk, wasn’t, Neumeier, “ It’s, ’ ” Elon Musk, Alain Jocard, James Withey, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Withey, — Sandy Horne Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Premium, Twitter Twitter, Global, Merriam, Webster, Oxford English, Liquid Agency, Elon, Musk, Twitter Inc, X Corp, Getty, The New York Times, Apple, Adobe, Google, Strategy, Innovation, Nissan, Datsun Locations: @sherrye_pomeroy, San Francisco, Paris, AFP, Frankfurt, Germany, @SandyHorne61

☆ Mr. Beast posts video to X, receives thousands
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“MY FIRST X VIDEO MADE OVER $250,000!” MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said in a post on the platform. He also shared what appeared to be a screenshot of X’s creator payment screen, showing the post had earned $263,655. But last week, MrBeast decided to test the X ad revenue sharing program by posting one of his old videos, about trying out various expensive cars, to the platform. Following his payment from X, MrBeast said in a post on the platform that he planned to give away the money he earned to “10 random people that repost this and follow me” on X. Progressive media watchdog Media Matters, for example, reported in November that an X user who had praised Adolf Hitler had posted about receiving around $3,000 in payouts from X’s ad revenue sharing program.

Persons: Influencer MrBeast, MrBeast, Jimmy Donaldson, Elon Musk, —, ”, Musk, Logan Paul, Charli, Dan Bongino, he’d, Adolf Hitler Organizations: New, New York CNN, Meta, YouTube, ’, X, Progressive, Media Locations: New York

☆ Elon Musk's pet feature on X took as long as 3 days to flag fake news about Israel and Gaza, analysis shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It reported Community Notes typically took 7 hours, and sometimes as long as 70 hours, to flag the posts. AdvertisementX's Community Notes feature typically takes seven hours to flag disinformation, according to a Bloomberg analysis of posts about Israel and Gaza. These were drawn from a public database of Community Notes. It found that it took almost three days for some of these posts to be flagged by the Community Notes program. Musk announced last month that creator posts that have been corrected or amended by Community Notes are not eligible to make money from X's creator compensation program.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Bloomberg, Musk Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Twitter, X Locations: Israel, Gaza, Syria

☆ U.S. Lawmakers Accuse X Chief Musk of Profiting From Anti-Israel Propaganda
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

In the letter to Musk and X chief executive Linda Yaccarino, the lawmakers noted reports from nonprofit organizations that showed people with X Premium accounts "glorifying barbaric acts of violence against Israelis." The letter is the latest fight between Musk, who bought Twitter and renamed it X, and those who have advocated for better content moderation. The lawmakers said X profited from the posts both from subscription fees as well as ads displayed in replies to both Premium and regular posts. "X has financially benefited from the spread of demonstrably false and misleading content as well," the lawmakers wrote. These are videos that carry official Hamas branding and iconography," the lawmakers wrote.

Persons: Diane Bartz WASHINGTON, Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Musk, X, Adolf Hitler, Diane Bartz, Daniel Wallis Organizations: X, Twitter, Media, Nazi, Hamas Locations: U.S, United States

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Rishi Sunak, Kirsty Wigglesworth, Linda Yaccarino, Musk, X, Adolf Hitler, Diane Bartz, Daniel Wallis Organizations: British, Rights, X, Twitter, Media, Nazi, Hamas, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, U.S, United States

☆ Lilly trades at a premium to Ozempic-maker Novo as obesity drugs boom. Here's why, analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Does Eli Lilly deserve to trade at a premium to Novo Nordisk shares? LLY YTD mountain Eli Lilly shares since the start of the year. According to Shin, Lilly deserves a premium to Novo Nordisk because its portfolio is more diverse and it has less exposure to insulin. NVO YTD mountain Novo Nordisk shares year to date In the coming weeks, Lilly will start rolling out Zepbound to patients. Novo Nordisk is scheduled to release the full results of its Select cardiovascular trial at the American Heart Association conference.

Persons: Eli Lilly, James Shin, Shin, Lilly, We're, Lilly's, Zepbound, Wegovy, Chris Schott, Karsten Munk Knudsen, Novo, Schott, AstraZeneca, Eccogene, David Ricks, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Deutsche Bank, Biotech, Pharma, Centers for Disease Control, Novo, CNBC, American Heart Association Locations: U.S, GLP, Novo, Denmarkt

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Disney, Tesla, Instacart, Arm, Rivian, Target & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs initiates Apellis Pharmaceuticals as buy Goldman initiated the biotech company with a buy and says it sees "continued execution." Bank of America reiterates Disney as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating after Wednesday's earnings report. Goldman Sachs reiterates Arm as overweight Goldman said it's sticking with its buy rating after the stock's earnings report on Wednesday. Goldman Sachs reiterates Instacart as buy Goldman said it's sticking with its buy rating on the grocery delivery company after Instacart's earnings report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley reiterates Rivian as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's sticking with its overweight rating on the electric vehicle company. "

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Tesla, WK Kellogg, Kellogg, Wolfe, Instacart, Morgan Stanley, Rivian, Eli Lilly, MRK's Keytruda, Evercore, it's bullish, Parker, Wells, it's, Hein Schumacher Organizations: Apellis Pharmaceuticals, HSBC, Tesla, Barclays, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Disney, ARM, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Merck, pharma, TAP, Industrial, Nvidia, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Bud, Offshore, Unilever, OW, Citi Locations: North America, Montrose

☆ Musk to integrate xAI with social media platform X
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk reacts during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, November 2, 2023. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 5 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will be integrated into his social media platform X and also be available as a standalone app, he said on Sunday in a post. "Grok has real-time access to info via the X platform, which is a massive advantage over other models," Musk added. X, the social media firm formerly known as Twitter which Musk owns, is separate from xAI, but the companies work closely together. Last week Musk told British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak he thought AI was "the most disruptive force in history."

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Rishi Sunak, Kirsty Wigglesworth, xAI, Grok, Google's, Bard, Microsoft's, Bing, Musk, Urvi, Richard Chang Organizations: British, Elon, Safety, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Bletchley Park, England, Bengaluru

☆ CNBC Daily Open: A cool jobs report heats up markets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Winning weekStocks and bonds in the U.S. rallied in tandem on Friday as markets digested jobs data and rebounded from October lows. Musk's GrokElon Musk's new AI company, xAI, released Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot similar to ChatGPT. But Buffett's company did register a loss of $24.1 billion in the third quarter because of drops in Apple's shares.

Persons: nonfarm, That's, Grok Elon, Grok, Berkshire Hathaway, Stocks, Piper Sandler Organizations: Los Angeles, CNBC, Siemens, India's Siemens Ltd Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Markets enjoyed early frost in October’s jobs report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Markets reboundStocks and bonds in the U.S. rallied in tandem on Friday as markets digested jobs data and rebounded from October lows. [PRO] Surging semiconductor salesThe semiconductor industry was mired in a supply glut for the most of last year. For one, there was a 13% month on month jump in September's semiconductor sales to $46.9 billion.

Persons: nonfarm, That's, Korea's Kospi, Musk's Grok Elon, Grok, Berkshire Hathaway Organizations: CNBC, KPMG, Citi Locations: U.S, Asia, Pacific

☆ Elon Musk's new AI chatbot sure sounds like a foul-mouthed Twitter troll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI released its first model, named Grok, on Saturday. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's new AI chatbot launched on Saturday — and it appears to have the personality of a foul-mouthed Twitter troll. Musk's startup xAI released its first AI model , Grok, over the weekend to a select group of users. AdvertisementAdvertisementGrok's trolling marks a departure from other AI models, which mostly adopt a carefully neutral tone and have tight controls around explicit content. He said the AI chatbot would be made available to all X Premium users once it is out of its early Beta.

Persons: XAI, —, Elon, chatbot, Grok, Christopher Stanley, Stanley, Claude, Toby Pohlen, Microsoft's Tay, Musk Organizations: Elon, Service, X Locations: OpenAI

☆ Elon Musk debuts 'Grok' AI bot to rival ChatGPT, others
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Meet Grok, the first technology out of Elon Musk's new AI company, xAI. Leading up to the release, Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, an example of Grok responding to a request for a step-by-step cocaine recipe. Musk, on Sunday, posted a side-by-side comparison of Grok answering a question versus another AI bot, which he said had less current information. Eventually, Musk said on X, Grok will be a feature of X Premium+, which costs $16 per month.

Persons: Elon Musk, Grok, Elon, Musk, I'm, xAI, Robert A . Heinlein, Critics, Webster Organizations: Twitter, Space Locations: Merriam

☆ Elon Musk is getting ready to launch his first AI model to premium X users. 'Grok' will be 'based' and 'loves sarcasm,' Musk said.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Musk announced on X that his new AI model, Grok, would be available to a 'select group' on Saturday. Once the model is out of "early beta" it'll be available to all "X Premium+ subscribers," Musk said. Its main advantage over other chatbots is that it has "real-time access to X," Musk said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Musk noted that Grok's "massive advantage" over other AI models is that it has "real-time access" to X. Grok also "loves sarcasm" and has been designed to have a "little humor" in its responses, Musk noted in his post.

Persons: Musk, —, Bard, Claude, Grōk — Elon, Elon Musk, Elon, Tesla, Grok, I'm, Grok cheekily, WqXxlwI6ef — Elon, Robert A, Heinlein, Istvan Csicsery Organizations: Service, Oxford English

☆ Elon Musk's latest money making idea for X? Selling old Twitter handles for $50,000 a pop, report says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

X is looking to generate new revenue by selling off old Twitter handles, Forbes reported. X is looking to address a huge advertising shortfall following Elon Musk's takeover last year. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's X is working on a plan to generate new revenue by selling off old Twitter handles, Forbes reported Friday. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe company is looking to plug a huge advertising revenue shortfall following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter last November. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertising accounted for 90% of X's revenue in 2021 when it last publicly reported its financial results.

Persons: X, Elon Musk's, —, Elon, Forbes, Alex Konrad, X didn't, Linda Yaccarino, Musk Organizations: Forbes, Elon, Service, Twitter, Ebiquity, Grok

☆ If X allows GIF profile pics, I will literally die
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A designer for X (formerly Twitter) polled users about adding animated GIFs for profile pics. gif profile pics (they’d be optional obvs) — Andrea Conway (@ehikian) November 1, 2023There's one particular part of the minority who feels especially passionate about this: the tiny handful of people who still have animated GIF avatars. Eventually, in 2013, then- CEO Dick Costolo , who found the GIF avatars annoying, closed the loophole. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver the years, the number of those who held onto animated GIF avatars dwindled. I also find myself in a unique position to know that many people want animated GIF avatars.

Persons: —, Andrea Conway, — Andrea Conway, Dick Costolo, I've, I'm, Andrea, David Hasslelhoff, Elon, Fidelity, @weedhitter Organizations: Twitter, Service, X Premium Locations: @ehikian, irrelevance

☆ X, formerly Twitter, will launch two new subscription tiers, Elon Musk says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

X, the social media service formerly known as Twitter, will launch two new tiers of subscriptions for users, its owner, Elon Musk, said Friday. It's unclear if the $1 annual subscription is one of the two new subscription tiers that Musk is referencing. The social media company already has a $8 per month subscription service called X Premium. Since taking over Twitter in October 2022 and rebranding to X, Musk has made sweeping changes, including cuts to trust and safety teams and removing the blue checkmark from nonpaying accounts. The blue checkmark helped users identify authentic accounts belonging to public figures.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, X Organizations: Twitter Locations: New Zealand, Philippines

☆ Musk adds yet more complexity to X with new paid tiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

X owner Elon Musk says the site will introduce two new premium tiers. He said that the new X Premium would include a more expensive ad-free version. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk has announced that X is launching two new tiers of its premium subscription service. "Two new tiers of X Premium subscriptions launching soon," said Musk in a post on X . The subscription service has since been overhauled and expanded, with subscribers getting an edit button and fewer ads.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Musk, Eli Lilly Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, Twitter, Facebook, EU Locations: Philippines, New Zealand, Europe

☆ Musk’s X cashes in on ‘superspreaders’ of Israel-Hamas misinformation, new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

NewsGuard identified seven accounts it describes as “misinformation superspreaders,” which have shared widely debunked claims about the conflict. Verified users are also eligible to receive payments from the platform, financially incentivizing posts from the users who are actively spreading misinformation. The group said 186 of the 250 posts were sent by premium X accounts. Soon after NewsGuard published its report Thursday, Musk posted on X that the company “should be disbanded immediately.” CNN has reached out to X and Musk for further comment. In May, there was a brief dip in the stock market after verified accounts on X shared fake images of a purported “explosion” near the Pentagon.

Persons: NewsGuard, ” NewsGuard, Musk, ”, Linda Yaccarino Organizations: CNN, Elon, Twitter, Hamas, ” CNN, European Union, EU, Meta, X, Pentagon Locations: Israel

☆ Elon Musk’s X is testing an annual fee for unverified accounts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —After Elon Musk hinted last month that X could start charging all users, the company (formerly known as Twitter) announced a test of such a system. The test will apply only to new web accounts, and the fee will be waived if users sign up for X’s $3.99 per month premium subscription service. New users in the testing region who opt out of premium and the annual subscription will only be able to read posts, watch videos and follow accounts — but not interact on the platform. X says it has removed “hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts,” taken down thousands of posts since the attack on Israel by Hamas and ramped up Community Notes, its program that allows users to fact check other users’ posts. “X is… addressing identified fake and manipulated content during this constantly evolving and shifting crisis,” X CEO Linda Yaccarino said in a letter to EU Commissioner Thiery Breton last week.

Persons: Elon Musk, X, Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Linda Yaccarino, Thiery Breton Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter, X, Israeli, European Commission Locations: New York, New Zealand, Philippines, Israel

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