Tech tycoon Elon Musk is sounding the alarm about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically, its potential for “civilizational destruction.” In an April 14 preview of his interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Musk stresses that the ramifications of such technology could be disastrous for humanity. “AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design…
Elon Musk in Interview With Tucker Carlson Warns AI Could Cause ‘Civilizational Destruction’
Did Musk Just Mortally Wound State-Funded Media?
Commentary In the age of tailored internet news based on individual predilections and tastes, blogs of every specialty and complexion numbering in the thousands, and cable channels catering to whichever way one leans ideologically, taxpayer-financed media organizations have been dinosaurs for decades. The argument that has long been made for having the federal government sustain…
NTD Business (April 14): Big Banks Rise As Earnings Season Kicks Off; Abortion Pill Battle Reaches Supreme Court
Bank earnings out today: JPMorgan beating estimates. Seems like banks are showing resilience despite recent bank collapses. What’s the common theme in the earnings reports? U.S. manufacturing output falls unexpectedly. What headwinds are producers facing? We get an on-the-ground perspective. The abortion pill legal battle goes to the Supreme Court! President Biden asked the court to…
Elon Musk Turning Twitter Into Totalitarian Social Credit App?
Commentary Like WeChat in China, Musk seeks to merge Twitter’s social media app, banking, payments, and many more activities into a single source of information—and monitoring. Twitter, as we know it, anyway, has ceased to exist. According to a filing in California federal court on April 4, Twitter Inc. is no longer a company. It’s…
LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (April 14): Suspect in Intel Documents Leak Charged; Defense Secretary Vows to Prevent Future Security Leaks
The man suspected of leaking Pentagon documents has made his first court appearance. Jack Teixeira is facing two charges for allegedly posting classified documents online. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has vowed to prevent future security leaks by any means necessary and ordered an intelligence access review. Tensions are running high between “Twitter Files” journalist Matt…
NTD News Today (April 14): Suspect in Intel Documents Leak Charged; Defense Secretary Vows to Prevent Future Security Leaks
The man suspected of leaking Pentagon documents has made his first court appearance. Jack Teixeira is facing two charges for allegedly posting classified documents online. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has vowed to prevent future security leaks by any means necessary and ordered an intelligence access review. Tensions are running high between “Twitter Files” journalist Matt…
Twitter Allowing Users to Monetize Content Through Subscriptions
Twitter will allow users to apply to monetize their content—including long-form text and hours-long videos—through follower subscriptions in the latest change to the social media platform. “Apply to offer your followers subscriptions of any material, from long-form text to hours-long video! Just tap on ‘Monetization’ in settings,” Twitter CEO Musk wrote in a tweet on April 13. The…
Twitter to Let Users Offer Content Subscriptions in Monetization Push
Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Thursday users of the social media platform will be able to offer their followers subscriptions to content, including long-form text and hours-long video. Users offering the subscription, a feature they can access through the “Monetization” tab in settings, will get all the money subscribers pay apart from the charges platforms…
Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence
Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…
PREMIERING NOW: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence
Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…
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