X (twitter) is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 6 linked articles.
Nikita Bier resigns as X’s head of product after just over a year, will stay as advisor, citing a need to pass the torch; tenure included 30 product launches amid Grok-related controversies and regulatory scrutiny.
WhatsApp is fixing an outage that blocked accounts and placed them under review; Meta says access is being restored amid a user base of ~3 billion monthly active users, so even small disruptions have broad impact.
Cross River Bank will power X Money within X, enabling FDIC-insured accounts, a Visa debit card, and broader payments directly in the platform.
Chinese AI researchers are using X to explain their work, recruit talent, and shape global AI discourse as Western labs’ online presence quiets.
The piece discusses the rise of AI-generated ‘slop melodramas’ on X and how creators monetize them, while broader data-regulation developments could affect platform dynamics.
Lilian Weng, co-founder of Thinking Machines, left citing health reasons and rejoined OpenAI to lead an internal AI safety research team, illustrating high-profile talent movement among top AI labs.
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