Twitter CEO Elon Musk has offered the social media platform's employees stock grants at a valuation of nearly $20bn, The Information has reported, citing a person familiar with an email Musk sent to Twitter staff. The reported valuation is less than half of the $44bn that Musk paid to acquire the company. The Information says the email is “a concrete acknowledgment of how much Twitter’s value has dropped since the deal—but it is still well above public market valuation levels for Twitter’s rivals.”
CNN takes a look at so-called “digital blackface” - the racialized reactions that are mainstays in Twitter feeds, TikTok videos and Instagram reels where White people co-opt online expressions of Black imagery, slang, catchphrases or culture to convey comic relief or express emotions.Critics say digital blackface is wrong because it is a modern-day repackaging of minstrel shows, a racist form of entertainment that was popular in the 19th and early 20th century. Lauren Michele Jackson, a cultural critic who has written about the topic, advises: “If you find yourself always reaching for a black face to release your inner sass monster, maybe consider going the extra country mile and pick this nice Taylor Swift GIF instead.”
HUNDREDS OF AI TOOLS ARE BEING RELEASED
LinkedIn account Generative AI has posted the names of a just a small number of the AI tools that are now being released: “This week alone, more than 200 new AI tools were released . . . In 2023, you'd better use these tools.”