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Elon Musk mocks Paris Hilton cookware ads after her company suspends X deal – NY Post

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Embattled billionaire Elon Musk picked a fight with Paris Hilton on Sunday – days after the celebrity influencer’s company pulled an ad campaign from X amid an uproar over antisemitic content on the app.
Hilton’s 11:11 Media followed several major companies, including IBM and Apple, pulling ad campaigns from X after Musk endorsed a post that pushed an antisemitic trope. The billionaire has since apologized.
While the […]
Elon Musk mocks Paris Hilton cookware ads after her company suspends X deal – NY Post

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Walmart says it is not advertising on social platform X – Reuters

Dec 1 (Reuters) – Walmart (WMT.N) said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site.
"We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers," a Walmart spokesperson said.
X, formerly known as Twitter, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The platform has struggled to retain advertisers since Musk acquired the company in October 2022, and […]
Walmart says it is not advertising on social platform X – Reuters

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Amazon taps SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to help launch Kuiper satellites – Reuters

Dec 1 (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) on Friday said it booked three Falcon 9 launches with Elon Musk's SpaceX to help deploy the ecommerce giant's Project Kuiper satellite network, tapping a rival in the satellite internet business for its multi-billion dollar launch campaign.
Amazon aims to build Kuiper as a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit to beam broadband internet globally and compete with SpaceX's Starlink network, which already has some 5,000 satellites […]
Amazon taps SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to help launch Kuiper satellites – Reuters

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Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks -sources | Reuters

STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS/LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation aimed at keeping artificial intelligence (AI) in check, six sources told Reuters.
As negotiators meet on Friday for crucial discussions ahead of final talks scheduled for Dec. 6, 'foundation models', or generative AI, have become the main hurdle in talks over the European Union's proposed AI Act, said the sources, who declined to be […]
Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks -sources | Reuters