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YouTube’s adding new AI search results which will help to guide your discovery process in the app, while it’s also expanding access to its in-stream AI chatbot tool, as another means to maximize in-app discovery. First off, on YouTube’s new…

However you may feel about him personally, you have to admit that in the cliched “all publicity is good publicity” sense, Elon Musk may be among the best to ever do it. Earlier in the month, Musk decided, for whatever…

While many regions are pushing for new age limits on social media access, the key challenge remains that there’s currently no universal technology that enables platforms to verify user ages, nor a process in place that would definitively stop youngsters…

Honestly, I have no idea whether X has now established stability, or is still on a fast-track to financial ruin at this point. Before the U.S. election last year, things were not looking great for the app, with declining revenue…

Hey, remember back when Elon Musk first purchased Twitter, how he talked about evening the balance of political speech, and reducing the over-influence of Democrat leaning decisions in social media apps? Yeah, it seems like that hasn’t really worked out,…

Given the rising value of data sources, this could be a smart move from X. Or a disastrous one, depending on the specifics of its implementation. According to reports, X has started informing its top-tier Enterprise API subscribers that it…

X has added a new overview of what checkmarks in the app now actually represent, as EU investigators continue to examine the app’s change in approach on verification, and whether it violates the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). Last year,…

With X’s new “XChat” messaging platform now rolling out to all X Premium subscribers, X has also updated its documentation on its DM encryption, and how it will work in the new chat experience. As a recap, X launched message…

If you’re a regular reader of Social Media Today, then you’ve no doubt read my rantings on this before, and it’s not really news, as such, but more of a peeve that continues to fester over time. In any event,…

X is moving ahead with its reformation of messaging in the app, with some users now able to access the initial beta of X’s updated “Chat” element. As you can see in these examples, shared by app researcher Jonah Manzano,…