cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification systemwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1768arrow-down134
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minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·1 年前He’s already sold Twitter/X to xAI; he’s got his arse covered when the bottom eventually falls out.
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 年前Good thing AI can’t fail.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 年前Oh, no doubt - but he’s no longer personally on the hook for Twitter’s $44b debt-loan! So when it eventually fails, it’ll be a corporate write-off and Elon’s wealth across Tesla and SpaceX are protected.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 年前Wait is that what happened? Investors in his AI company are on the hook for Twitter now? The rich really are a vampiric class.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 年前Yes, that’s what happened: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/03/28/elon-musk-says-xai-has-purchased-x-formerly-known-as-twitter-for-33-billion/ For what it’s worth, xAI is still a private company - so at least it’s not retail investors on the hook, just venture capital.
He’s already sold Twitter/X to xAI; he’s got his arse covered when the bottom eventually falls out.
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Good thing AI can’t fail.
Oh, no doubt - but he’s no longer personally on the hook for Twitter’s $44b debt-loan!
So when it eventually fails, it’ll be a corporate write-off and Elon’s wealth across Tesla and SpaceX are protected.
Wait is that what happened? Investors in his AI company are on the hook for Twitter now?
The rich really are a vampiric class.
Yes, that’s what happened: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/03/28/elon-musk-says-xai-has-purchased-x-formerly-known-as-twitter-for-33-billion/
For what it’s worth, xAI is still a private company - so at least it’s not retail investors on the hook, just venture capital.