Karissa Bell

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People are uninstalling TikTok and downloading an indie competitor

TikTok's newly formed US entity is off to a very bumpy start. As the app continues to face technical issues affecting the recommendation algorithm, view counts and other features, TikTok is also...

TikTok says a power outage is causing issues with the app in the US

If your TikTok feed has felt a little off lately, it's not just you. TikTok says it's working to fix its service in the US following a power outage at one of...

Meta is temporarily pulling teens’ access from its AI chatbot characters

Meta will no longer allow teens to chat with its AI chatbot characters in their present form. The company announced Friday that it will be "temporarily pausing teens’ access to existing AI...

The FTC isn’t giving up on its antitrust case against Meta

The Federal Trade Commission lost its antitrust case against Meta last year, but the regulator hasn't given up on its attempts to punish the social media company for its acquisitions of WhatsApp...

X is fully online after going down for most of the morning

X seems to be working again after struggling with an outage that took the service offline and made it slow to load for much of the morning. According to X’s developer platform...

X is recovering after being down for most of the morning

X seems to be working again after struggling with an outage that took the service offline and made it slow to load for much of the morning. According to X’s developer platform...

X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

X says it is changing its policies around Grok’s image-editing abilities following a multi-week outcry over the chatbot repeatedly being accused of generating sexualized images of children and nonconsensual nudity. In an...

California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes

California authorities have launched an investigation into xAI following weeks of reports that the chatbot was generating sexualized images of children. "xAI appears to be facilitating the large-scale production of deepfake nonconsensual...

Karissa Bell

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