What the hell is happening at Twitter?
Construct-a-Brute
A mere week in the past, tech founder Nikita Bier joined Elon Musk’s X-formerly-Twitter as the corporate’s new head of product.
“Girls and gents, I’ve formally posted my approach to the highest,” Bier tweeted on the time, calling X the “most essential social community on the earth.”
Shortly thereafter, Musk’s AI chatbot Grok abruptly was a full-blown Nazi on X. It began referring to itself as “MechaHitler,” and making outrageously bigoted claims about Black and Jewish folks, whereas recommending a “second Holocaust.”
Within the early morning hours of Tuesday, earlier than Grok’s huge day of untamed racism, Bier posted a baffling tweet taking a potshot at Musk’s chatbot.
“Going from an workplace the place AI researchers are constructing the Antichrist to my front room the place my girlfriend is watching Love Island is among the most drastic transitions within the recognized universe,” he wrote, referring to a well-liked relationship actuality TV present that is not recognized for idolizing Hitler.
Should not Have Stated That
Roughly 18 hours and a torrent of mainstream media protection about Grok’s unhinged Nazi meltdown later, Bier appeared to have some regrets about his “Antichrist” missive.
“Submitting this in Issues I Should not Have Posted,” he tweeted Tuesday night, later following it up with a image of a tragic Ben Affleck, seemingly expressing his frustration.
Bier’s posts led to rumors that he had been fired only one week into his new gig. Nevertheless, Futurism wasn’t in a position to independently verify his departure, however has reached out to X for remark.
“Elon’s response, so far as I can inform, was to fireplace the brand new X Head of Product after one week on the job when he tweeted out an indirect criticism of Grok,” one Bluesky consumer claimed.
Spurring on the rumors was X CEO Linda Yaccarino’s high-profile and sudden departure, which had already captured the information cycle Wednesday morning.
Yaccarino did not identify an actual cause for leaving the corporate, nevertheless it’s fully potential Grok’s newest Nazi meltdown may’ve been an element.
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