Elon Musk has officially unveiled X Chat, a new encrypted messaging feature for X to rival Telegram and WhatsApp, with a rollout expected within the next few 0 the launch during The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which aired on 1 said the entire messaging stack had been rebuilt from scratch. “On X, we just rebuilt the entire messaging stack into what’s called ‘X Chat,” said Musk Musk prepares to launch ‘X Chat’ to rival WhatsApp and Telegram According to Musk, it utilizes peer-to-peer encryption technology, similar to that used by 2 now, it is being evaluated to establish if it is ready for 3 said he believes the new messaging app will be available in a “few months,” and that it will not have any “hooks for advertising,” citing competitors such as WhatsApp, which “knows enough about what you’re texting to know what ads to show you,” he 4 cautioned that this poses a tremendous security threat, as having enough material to display targeted advertisements indicates that they possess a massive amount of confidential information, including users’ private messages, that hackers could use to gain access.
Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, maintains it does not have access to private conversations, stating in its FAQ that messages between people are end-to-end encrypted with the Signal 5 also includes voicemails, media, and documents. However, many believe that “metadata,” such as who you contacted and how frequently you spoke with them, is not 6 does not automatically encrypt backups of your chat history. WhatsApp’s FAQ section on “Does WhatsApp collect or sell your data?” does not address the latter portion of the issue, instead stating that “we work with other Meta companies to help provide, improve, and support each other’s services.” The company also notes that users who integrate WhatsApp with other Meta products consent to some data sharing between 7 aims to be different and stated that X Chat will avoid such advertising “hooks.” He notes that his main goal is to create a fully encrypted system capable of sending messages, files, and conducting audio or video 8 to Musk, it will be “the least insecure of any messaging system.” The new service will be integrated into the X platform and also released as a standalone 9 expands his digital empire with AI-powered Grokipedia launch Separately, on Monday, Musk introduced Grokipedia , his version of Wikipedia powered by his AI company, 10 crowdsourced encyclopedia, which Musk says will “purge out the propaganda” found on Wikipedia, briefly crashed after launch but already featured more than 800,000 AI-generated entries, compared to Wikipedia’s nearly eight million human-written 11 to the website, grokipedia.
com, were welcomed with a bare-bones logo and a search bar that enabled them to query 12 entry on Musk himself describes him as “a blend of innovative visionary with irreverent provocateur”. It continues to showcase details of his diet, noting his consumption of “occasional indulgences like morning donuts and multiple Diet Cokes daily.” Grokipedia also has entries on OpenAI, a competitor of xAI, as well as political figures such as President Trump and the New York mayoral candidate Zohran 13 new site expands the billionaire’s online media ecosystem, which closely aligns with his personal political views. Still, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wasn’t keen on 14 at the CNBC Technology Executive Council Summit in New York, Jimmy noted he did not need to study Grokipedia’s content to predict how it would turn out.
“I’m not optimistic he will create anything very useful right now,” he 15 stressed he was not worried about 16 to the executive, his lack of interest in reviewing Grokipedia is not a personal 17 continues to state that the core problem is the technology behind 18 said the large language models Musk is using turn out to be big 19 X, 20 has reinstated right-wing creators and expanded their reach to many audiences, utilizing the platform as a bully pulpit to advocate for government funding 21 has also tweaked xAI’s chatbot, Grok, to a more conservative 22 to Ryan McGrady, a senior research fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who studies encyclopedias and social media platforms, t he impulse to control knowledge is as old as knowledge 23 continues to say that controlling what gets written is a way to gain or keep 24 Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes
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