Earlier this week, some folks on X started replying to images with a really particular sort of request. “Put her in a bikini,” “take her gown off,” “unfold her legs,” and so forth, they commanded Grok, the platform’s built-in chatbot. Repeatedly, the bot complied, utilizing images of actual folks—celebrities and noncelebrities, together with some who […]
So, it was capitalism in spite of everything. Extra particularly, crony capitalism. I’m speaking, after all, about how the leaders of the tech world revealed themselves earlier than and after the 2024 presidential election, when just a bit greater than half of America (and a surprisingly various group for an anti-DEI candidate) determined to present […]
Shortly earlier than 11 a.m. on Sunday, the 80,000 physicians, well being scientists, illness detectives, and others tasked with safeguarding the nation’s well being acquired directions to reply to an electronic mail despatched the day earlier than asking them, “What did you do final week?” The e-mail arose from a Saturday dispatch issued by President […]
Elon Musk threw federal employees into additional confusion and alarm on Saturday when he ordered them to summarize their accomplishments for the week, warning {that a} failure to take action can be taken as a resignation. Shortly after his demand, which he posted on X, civil servants throughout the federal government obtained an e-mail from […]
Elon Musk both had a slipped-mask second or is supremely awkward. Illustration by The Atlantic. Supply: Angela Weiss / AFP / Getty. January 20, 2025, 9:09 PM ET Did Elon Musk really toss off a Sieg heil! at Donald Trump’s inauguration rally at this time? Lots of people on-line appear to assume he did, primarily […]
