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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — One of Elon Musk’s least-favorite Twitter users is moving to Meta’s competing platform Threads. Jack Sweeney — the 20-year-old Florida college student who started the ElonJet Twitter account that used a bot to track the location of Musk’s private jet using publicly available data — started an

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors are suing Meta and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging the companies’ AI language models were trained on copyrighted materials from their books without their knowledge or consent. The pair of lawsuits against OpenAI and Facebook-parent Meta were filed in a San Francisco federal court on

CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Twitter has weathered months, if not years, of mismanagement as well as mass layoffs, frequent service disruptions and an exodus of top advertisers, but the launch of a rival app from Meta could prove to be the final straw. Threads surpassed 100 million users this weekend, less

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Twitter has weathered months, if not years, of mismanagement as well as mass layoffs, frequent service disruptions and an exodus of top advertisers, but the launch of a rival app from Meta could prove to be the final straw. Threads surpassed 100 million users this weekend, less than

By Jennifer Korn (CNN) — When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October and began upending the platform, there weren’t many viable alternatives for frustrated users. Now, there may be too many. A growing number of services have launched or gained traction in recent months by appealing to users who are uncomfortable with Musk’s decisions

By Wayne Chang and Anna Cooban, CNN Taipei/London (CNN) — China’s top financial regulators have fined Ant Group — the fintech firm founded by billionaire Jack Ma — about 7.1 billion yuan ($994 million) for breaking rules related to consumer protection and corporate governance. Ant Group had also broken rules relating to “business activities in

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit after the blockbuster launch of Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads — in perhaps the clearest sign yet that Twitter views the app as a competitive threat. On Wednesday, an attorney representing Twitter sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter that accused the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN New York (CNN) — Japan’s busiest shipping port said Thursday it would resume operations after a ransomware attack prevented the port from receiving shipping containers for two days. The expected restoration of the Port of Nagoya, a hub for car exports and an engine of the Japanese economy, will ease concerns

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook-parent Meta officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, last Wednesday, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago. Threads is already off to a strong start: it received 100 million sign-ups in less than a week, the app shows, including a large

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook-parent Meta officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, last Wednesday, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago. Threads is already off to a strong start: it received 100 million sign-ups in less than a week, the app shows, including a large number

CNN By Devan Cole and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered some Biden administration agencies and top officials not to communicate with social media companies about certain content, handing a win to GOP states in a lawsuit accusing the government of going too far in its effort to combat Covid-19

By Devan Cole and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered some Biden administration agencies and top officials not to communicate with social media companies about certain content, handing a win to GOP states in a lawsuit accusing the government of going too far in its effort to combat Covid-19 disinformation.

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Many have raised alarms about the potential for artificial intelligence to displace jobs in the years ahead, but it’s already causing upheaval in one industry where workers once seemed invincible: tech. A small but growing number of tech firms have cited AI as a reason for laying off workers

CNN, OPENAI, AUDIOBOOK: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, BLENDER FOUNDATION: WARNER BROS, WJAC By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Many have raised alarms about the potential for artificial intelligence to displace jobs in the years ahead, but it’s already causing upheaval in one industry where workers once seemed invincible: tech. A small but growing number