I asked @grok which companies & countries have used similar tactics to X's and then had it condense into a tweet: "X’s legal threats to force advertisers back echo tactics by Chinese firms suing critics, multinationals using ICSID arbitration, and states like China, Russia, &
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Legal precedent and creator compensation mechanisms in AI
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That’s what I was assuming. Seems like the obvious reason. Easier path to precedent, then settle with the others and do licensing deals. And, hopefully, in the process, establish mechanisms to compensate the creators / artists.
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Legal precedent against Midjourney and major AI companies
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Start with Midjourney for legal precedent, then take on Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI and others who have likely done the same thing?
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What kinds of things is the model making up
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What kinds of things is it making up? (What model you using?)
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Healthcare professionals’ misconceptions about dementia and disease
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"ADI’s 2024 World Alzheimer Report found that 65% of health-care professionals surveyed globally thought that dementia was a normal part of ageing — not a condition caused by a disease" https://
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Legal Costs vs Forced Ad Spend: Strategic Business Decision
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Great scoop and a really important story, especially right ahead of @Cannes_Lions next week. One thing I’m now wondering is how much the legal fees would’ve been to fight the lawsuits: More costly than the price of the forced ad spend?
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Academia credibility crisis awareness among public
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Personally I don’t have any beef at all. Most people I know in academia are great. I am concerned that academia has lost its credibility with much of the general public, and is unaware of what’s going on within
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Design Official Logo for AI Impact Summit 2026
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Design the Official Logo for the AI Impact Summit 2026! India is set to host the "India- AI Impact Summit 2026" — a global platform to shape inclusive, responsible, and impactful AI. The Summit will unite global leaders and changemakers to build a shared vision for inclusive
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Digital protection: parents shield children from social media tsunami
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Mes enfants de 13 et 12 ans n’ont ni téléphone portable, ni accès aux réseaux sociaux. Nous avons fait ce choix, nous, famille extrêmement technophile, pour leur bien le plus fondamental : dans ce monde d’accélération, nous savons que nos enfants doivent être protégés du tsunami
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Consent Foundations Commerce Creativity AI Prototypes
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Well, consent is critical. Without consent you have no contracts, without contracts there's no commerce, without commerce no market. As for creativity, my prototypes have varied in usefulness… Regular software sometimes has added more to the creative process.