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The Discovery: A Malfunctioning Glitch Led to Multiple Posts Being Incorrectly Tagged as ‘Sensitive Material’

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A bug on X, formerly Twitter, was causing numerous posts over the weekend to be flagged as “Sensitive Media,” thwarting the company’s own attempts to make its platform more approachable to advertisers. Today, a bug in our system caused X to incorrectly label numerous posts as Sensitive Media. — Safety (@Safety) January 21, 2024“Sensitive media” is a label X uses to denote content that others may not wish to see, like violence or nudity. X asks its users who want to regularly post such items, to adjust their media settings to appropriately mark their images. This is being fixed.” An hour later, he reposted the message from the X safety team which referred to the issue as a bug.

High-Speed Rail Prevails as Hyperloop Falters

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The idea “originated out of his hatred for California’s proposed high-speed rail system,” according to his biographer Ashlee Vance. And the news of its demise broke less than two weeks after the Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding for high-speed rail projects across California. It’s a big win for public transit advocates, many of whom have spent decades stumping for not just high-speed rail, but better rail service overall. Thankfully this country was already building momentum back up for investing in its rail system, with a focus on faster trains. Brightline is also building what it calls “the nation’s first true high-speed rail network” between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

The Rise of Tech’s Diversity and Inclusion Backlash

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The responses to his tweet are split between the two factions that have appeared within venture in recent years: those who support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, and those who do not. Wealthy power players like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have been very outspoken against the premise of DEI, with their thoughts shared and spread widely throughout the ecosystem. “DEI must DIE. DEI received a lot of support after the murder of George Floyd back in 2020, but support has waned these past few years. In a sense, they were right, and the decreased DEI support in business and tech has created ripple effects.

Grok: The AI Plushie That Stole Elon Musk’s Thunder, Featuring the Voice of Grimes

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Grimes is stepping into the toy business with “Grok,” a character that she voiced for Curio’s new line of screen-free AI plushies. The toy is not affiliated with the AI chatbot backed by Grimes’ ex, Elon Musk, which is also named Grok. There’s Grok, an anthropomorphized rocket ship voiced by Grimes. As Business Insider reports, Grimes’ Grok was trademarked first. “I can’t believe even ai can’t avoid showing up at school and meeting another kid with the same name haha.”