X owner Elon Musk seized the @America username on the platform, using the account to advocate for former President Donald Trump against Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
Why it matters: Musk is using his social media platform to amplify right-wing views and is openly admitting his rightward shift to over 200 million followers ahead of the November election.
Chinese tech company Tencent and Ubisoft's founding Guillemot family are weighing a take-private buyout of the French video game maker, whose shares are down more than 40% this year, as first reported by Bloomberg and quasi-confirmed by the company.
The big picture: Many of Ubisoft's problems are self-inflicted, including a possible class action lawsuit over user privacy issues, but those have been exacerbated by online criticism — including by Elon Musk — that the company's next Assassin's Creed game is too "woke" because it its lead characters include a Black samurai.
Humans are not greatat detecting AI-generated text, images and video right now, and as AI models improve, detection will only get harder.
Why it matters: If we can't separate AI-made content from human-created material, governments and businesses will find themselves increasingly vulnerable to new kinds of attacks — both narrowly targeted operations and broader misinformation offensives.
In the middle of his Butler, Pennsylvania rally Saturday,former President Trump called up one of his most powerful allies — Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of X.
Why it matters: This was Musk's first time at a Trump rally since the night of the shooting, when Musk posted that he "fully" endorses Trump.
