Time snubs Elon Musk from 100 most influential people in AI — but includes Scarlett Johansson

Time snubbed tech titan and artificial intelligence backer Elon Musk from its annual list of the “100 Most Influential People in AI” – but slapped actress Scarlett Johansson on this year’s cover.
The magazine created a composite image for its 2024 cover showing the photos of 18 AI leaders, topped by Nvidia boss Jensen Huang that also prominently featured the “Black Widow” star.
The second annual TIME100 AI edition, released Thursday, also highlighted leading […]
Time snubs Elon Musk from 100 most influential people in AI — but includes Scarlett Johansson

Elon Musk Is an Anti-Harris Misinformation Machine—But a Laughable One

Wednesday brought news that, once again, multiple hostile nations are attempting to influence a U.S. presidential election. The Department of Justice indicted two employees of R.T., Russia’s state broadcaster, who are accused of paying $10 million to a Tennessee-based network of “heterodox” YouTube influencers to “pump pro-Russia propaganda and disinformation across social media to U.S. audiences,” in the words of Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. (Some journalists have deduced […]
Elon Musk Is an Anti-Harris Misinformation Machine—But a Laughable One

Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?
I considered leaving Twitter as soon as Elon Musk acquired it in 2022, just not wanting to be part of a community that could be bought, least of all by a man like him – the obnoxious “long hours at a high intensity” bullying of his staff began immediately. But I’ve had some of the most interesting conversations of […]
Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?