It isn't immediately clear what led to the disturbing posts, whether due to a fault in the chatbot's programming or if Grok was just following orders.

The Writers Guild of America is leaving X, the ubiquitous social media platform owned by Tesla founder Elon Musk.

The Indian government on Thursday ordered the X social media platform to ban 2,355 accounts within the country, including at least two media accounts, X officials announced on Tuesday.

Reuters could not immediately determine what specific content the demand referred to, why its removal was sought or the entity that had lodged the complaint.

X will let AI bots fact-check posts. It isn’t as crazy as it sounds. The social media company that pioneered letting users fact-check each other’s posts is introducing a new twist: allowing artificial intelligence bots to fact-check users’ posts.

The AI bots, called 'Note Writers', will draft Community Notes, the small pop-ups of explanation or clarification that often appear under posts flagged by users. AI-written notes are expected to appea