Elon Musk bought Twitter for $45 billion on a Saturday. He's fired employees, made unpopular changes to the platform and scrapped all of the brand equity now by changing the name. The big question about X is, of course, why or WTF? "There is no rational justification for this decision," he says.
Kara and Scott discuss a huge weekend at the box office, and Jeff Bezos' renewed interest in The Washington Post. Plus, WTF is Elon doing with his Twitter re-brand? Also, Big Tech agrees to some AI safety commitments, will they be enough? Friend of Pivot Alondra Nelson led the development of the Biden Administration's Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, she joins us to discuss.
You can find Alondra on Twitter…or X…at @alondra.
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