Silence in the US, Tensions Everywhere Else

[bonk]

While regulators elsewhere move quickly, the United States has so far remained largely silent. This has drawn criticism, especially as Elon Musk — CEO of xAI — has close political ties and significant influence. Some Democratic senators have instead urged Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores as an indirect pressure tactic.

xAI has issued an apology acknowledging ethical and potential legal violations and restricted Grok’s image generation on X to paid users, though similar limits did not apply to the standalone Grok app. Musk has framed regulatory pressure as censorship, underscoring a growing clash between governments seeking accountability and tech leaders resisting tighter controls.

[cryptobro]

limiting it on x but not the standalone app feels like half a fix at best