The study builds on earlier work investigating his impact on online speech by spotlighting how policy changes Musk enacted are actively rewarding hate speech posters with increased reach, engagement and even direct payouts through X’s subscriber feature.
Some of the accounts pivoted to war hate posts after previously posting COVID-19-related conspiracy theory content, per the report.
The CCDH found these accounts were able to boost their reach on X after posting hateful content targeting the war.
But not all: The CCDH found ads being served alongside hateful posts made by all the tracked accounts.
“We found ads for Oreos, the NBA, the FBI and even X itself placed near hateful posts,” it wrote.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday announced plans to vote on rules restoring net neutrality.
The vote, set for April 25, would reinstate 2015 internet rules adopted under President Obama that were subsequently repealed by President Trump’s FCC two years later.
The official added that ongoing national security threats have further highlighted the need for strong oversight.
Net neutrality has the rare chance to receive widespread bipartisan support.
Should Trump be reelected in November, how can current officials ensure we don’t live through this all over again?
So they launched Metaview, an AI-powered note-taking app for recruiters and hiring managers that records, analyzes and summarizes job interviews.
“Metaview is an AI note-taker built specifically for the hiring process,” Magos said.
“It helps recruiters and hiring managers focus more on getting to know candidates and less on extracting data from the conversations.
“Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet all have transcription built in, which is a possible alternative to Metaview,” Magos said.
I’m skeptical and a bit wary, too, of Metaview’s approach to how it handles speech data.
A federal judge sided against Elon Musk today, dismissing a lawsuit brought by Musk and X that targeted a nonprofit that researches online hate.
In the lawsuit, X claimed that it lost “tens of millions of dollars” as a direct result of the CCDH’s research.
Musk, who personally directed the lawsuit, called the CCDH “an evil propaganda machine” in replies on X.
The nonprofit, formed in 2018, researches trends in hate speech, extremism and misinformation on major social networks.
Unlike the CCDH lawsuit, X is suing Media Matters for America in Texas, which doesn’t share California’s protections against frivolous lawsuits designed to stifle free speech.
AI-coustics to fight noisy audio with generative AINoisy recordings of interviews and speeches are the bane of audio engineers’ existence.
According to co-founder and CEO Fabian Seipel, AI-coustics’ technology goes beyond standard noise suppression to work across — and with — any device and speaker.
“We’ve been driven by a personal mission to overcome the pervasive challenge of poor audio quality in digital communications,” Seipel said.
But Seipel says AI-coustics has a unique approach to developing the AI mechanisms that do the actual noise reduction work.
“Speech quality and intelligibility still is an annoying problem in nearly every consumer or pro-device as well as in content production or consumption.
Elon Musk’s crusade against the extremism research organization the Center for Countering Digital Hate will have its day in court on Thursday.
After Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the CCDH published reports detailing rising hate speech on X and how unbanned accounts, including neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, stood to make the company millions in ad revenue.
Unlike the CCDH lawsuit, X is suing Media Matters for America in Texas, which doesn’t have California’s anti-SLAPP protections.
A loss in court for the CCDH would likely have an immediate chilling effect on researchers who track hate speech and misinformation on social media.
“This ridiculous lawsuit is a textbook example of a wealthy, unaccountable company weaponizing the courts to silence researchers, simply for studying the spread of hate speech, misinformation and extremism online,” Ahmed said.
Staniszewski says that he and Dabkowski, who grew up in Poland, were inspired to create voice cloning tools by poorly dubbed American films.
Paying customers can upload voice samples to craft new styles using ElevenLabs’ voice cloning.
The infamous message board 4chan, known for its conspiratorial content, used ElevenLabs’ tools to share hateful messages mimicking celebrities like actress Emma Watson.
Then there’s the elephant in the room: the existential threat platforms like ElevenLabs pose to the voice acting industry.
Even this didn’t please some voice actors, however — including SAG-AFTRA’s own members.
Whispp is working to change the game for individuals with speech disorders and voice disabilities, bringing voice boxes into the current millennium with its groundbreaking AI-powered assistive speech and phone-calling app.
“Voice disabilities and speech disorders like stuttering significantly impact a person’s life and happiness,” said Whispp co-founder and CEO Joris Castermans.
Whispp is a game changer, accommodating a broad spectrum of voice types — from whispers to rough speech resulting from total laryngectomy after throat cancer.
Now, with its new product features, Whispp can accommodate an even more diverse range of voice types and conditions.
It is truly a beacon of hope for individuals with speech disorders and voice disabilities and a testament to the transformative power of technology.
That’s exactly what Augmental has been working on, and it’s nothing short of awe-inspiring.
“One of the new features we recently added to the mouthpad is head dragging and head control.
One of our champion users, Keeley, uses it daily for schoolwork and it has proven to be life-changing for her.
For its beta users, the device costs around $1,000 – but pricing details and availability details are coming soon.
May they find every success and figure out a way to users who need this product sooner rather than later!
Twitter is rolling out a new policy that it claims will offer more transparency around which tweets are being subject to enforcement action. Under the policy, Twitter will list the…
