X (formerly Twitter) will change its block feature, allowing blocked users to see public posts from accounts that blocked them, as confirmed by Elon Musk. The block function will still prevent engagement from blocked accounts. This emphasizes the public nature of posts and could affect user privacy, public discourse, and content management. No specific timeline for implementation has been provided.
X, formerly known as Twitter, announced a new milestone in user engagement. Elon Musk tweeted that X reached 417 billion user-seconds globally in a single day, an all-time high. In the US, engagement hit 93 billion user-seconds, a 23% increase from the previous 76 billion. These figures were achieved in one day, indicating a significant rise in user activity. The reasons for this spike were not detailed.
Elon Musk threatens to ban iPhones from his companies over Apple's new OpenAI integrations announced at WWDC 2024. Musk claims these integrations compromise user privacy by embedding OpenAI into Apple's OS. Apple and OpenAI assert users control data sharing with ChatGPT. Musk prefers OpenAI's capabilities remain in a dedicated app. Apple says the features will be available on iPhone Pro 15 models and devices with M1 or newer chips.
Elon Musk has announced that Grok will become open source this week. This decision comes shortly after Musk sued OpenAI for shifting from its original mission to a profit-oriented model. Grok, launched by xAI last year, offers access to real-time information and counters politically correct views.