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Combatting Bot Armies: Elon Musk Proposes Compulsory Payment System on Social Network X

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2023-09-18 21:22:22

September 18, 2023 Today at 11:21 p.m.

During a debate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Elon Musk estimated that only compulsory payment might rid the social network of its bots.

Will posting a message on the social network X (formerly Twitter) soon pay off? That’s what it seemed Elon Muskowner of the social network since October 2022, during a debate organized this Monday with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“It’s the only defense once morest vast bot armies.”

Elon Musk

Twitter Owner

During this interview broadcast on X and devoted to freedom of expression and the development of artificial intelligence, Elon Musk justified the introduction of a paid system by the threat represented by the bots – regularly used to spread hate speech: “The most important reason why we are heading towards a small monthly payment for using System X is that it’s the only way I can think of to fight once morest bot armies.”

The American billionaire estimated that the AI technology development would soon make bots virtually indistinguishable from human users. The introduction of a compulsory payment would then be more efficient than a traditional verification system. “A bot costs a fraction of a cent, but if someone has to pay just a few dollars, a minor amount, the cost of bots will become very high. And you will also have to get a new payment method for each new bot,” he said. explained Elon Musk.

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“We’re actually going to offer a lower pricing (than the current paid verification system, X Bluewhich costs 9.60 per month, Editor’s note), we want it to be fair a small amount of money“, he announced, without specifying a date. “There is a longer discussion, but know that this is the only defense once morest vast armies of bots.”

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