Elon Musk said he would charge people to use X because it’s the “only way to protect against bot accounts.”
The billionaire owner of the platform – formerly known as X – says users will have to pay a “small monthly payment”.
“I would say the most important reason why we are moving towards a small monthly payment for using System in a live-streamed conversation. with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“A robot costs a fraction of a cent, but if someone has to pay a few dollars or something like that… you have to use a new payment method every time you get a new robot.
“By prioritizing posts written by premium X subscribers, we will actually offer a lower pricing tier. We want it to be a small amount of money.
“It’s a longer discussion, but in my opinion it’s the only defense against vast armies of robots.” As AI becomes truly proficient, it performs better than humans on captcha tests.
Elon Musk revealed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he plans to start charging users on X, formerly known as Twitter.
A huge crowd of protesters gathered in San Francisco’s Union Square, near where Musk and Netanyahu met Monday to demonstrate opposition to his domestic reforms.
Musk’s meeting with Netanyahu in Silicon Valley, California, also saw the Tesla owner refuse to discuss the issue of anti-Semitism on X when Netanyahu broached the subject.
It comes amid escalating tensions between Musk and the Anti-Defamation League, which has accused him of being anti-Semitic, and massive protests in Israel against judicial reforms.
But Musk deflected the topic of anti-Semitism, saying only that he was “obviously against it” and instead spoke more generally about “hate speech.”
Netanyahu had already defended Musk when he was accused of having repeated discriminatory clichés against Jewish financier George Soros, and he introduced the subject by reiterating his belief that the Tesla boss does not have anti-Jewish opinions.
“I know your opposition to anti-Semitism,” the 73-year-old Israeli leader told Musk during their X chat.
“All I can say is that I hope you can find within the confines of the First Amendment the ability not only to stop or roll back anti-Semitism as best you can, but also to collective hatred towards a people that anti-Semitism represents.”
“I’m obviously against anti-Semitism,” Musk responded. “I am truly against anything that promotes hatred and conflict, and I am in favor of anything that helps society and moves us collectively toward a better future for humanity.”
But the SpaceX boss did not expand on or defend his controversial statements about Soros, including comparing him to X-Men supervillain Magneto – a character who manipulates the world and thinks mutants should be in charge instead than humans.
Speaking about hate speech in general on monthly users.
“Every day, there are around 100 to 200 million messages in the system. That’s a lot of material. Some of them are going to be bad.
“You can’t control the situation in advance, but you can say after the fact ‘oh, it’s flagged as hate speech.’
“We’re not going to promote speech because it’s probably not what people want to hear.”
Netanyahu (pictured) has already come to Musk’s defense after he was accused of repeating discriminatory clichés about Jewish financier George Soros, despite an outcry in Israel.
SpaceX founder’s anti-Semitism woes began when he compared Soros, 92, to X-Men supervillain Magneto – a character who manipulates the world and thinks mutants should rule rather than humans .
Netanyahu is embroiled in his own domestic controversy over his decision to radically revamp the country’s justice system, which his opponents say would push the country toward authoritarian rule.
The Israeli Prime Minister wants to reduce the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians more power over the selection of judges.
A huge crowd of protesters gathered in Union Square in San Francisco, near where Musk and Netanyahu met Monday to demonstrate their opposition to his reforms – and to Musk giving him a platform.
Musk asked Netanyahu about his reforms during their
Netanyahu dismissed activists who were against his reforms, saying that “many of them don’t know what they are protesting against,” adding that “there’s a concerted effort to make sure they don’t know.”
Netanyahu is also embroiled in his own domestic controversy over his decision to radically revamp the country’s justice system, which his opponents say would push the country toward authoritarian rule.
Musk asked Netanyahu about his reforms during their politics in Union Square, SF (photo)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv in June to oppose the judicial overhaul by Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government.
“The way you govern and the way you balance democracy, majority rule and individual rights is a balance between the three branches of government,” he said.
“In Israel, this balance began to change 30 years ago. And we have the most militant judicial tribunal on the planet… so it has gradually taken over the powers of the executive and the legislature where it fundamentally decides.
“Democracy is supposed to be a system of checks and balances between the three branches.
“In Israel, the justice system has no checks and balances, it just has power, and so there is a demand to try to bring it back into line, and that is in turmoil all the time.”
