The X Files - The Truth Behind The Outage Emerges: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, March 12, 2025

03/12/25 • 10 min

Twitter Attack, AI's New Challenge, and Intel's Uncertain Future

Discover the latest updates on the Twitter outage caused by a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group, Dark Storm, and how OpenAI is tackling reward hacking in AI models. Additionally, delve into the uncertain future of Intel amidst potential setbacks in CHIPS Act funding. Join Jim Love for a comprehensive overview of these critical tech developments.

00:00 Introduction and Today's Headlines 00:21 Twitter Outage: Dark Storm Hacktivist Group 03:14 Open AI's Battle Against Reward Hacking 06:04 Intel's Uncertain Future Amid CHIPS Act Repeal 09:27 Conclusion and Support

Twitter Attack, AI's New Challenge, and Intel's Uncertain Future

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Hashtag Trending - The X Files - The Truth Behind The Outage Emerges: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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The real story emerges on yesterday's Twitter outage. Open AI uses AI to combat reward hacking, and Intel's future seems to be up in the air with the potential repeal of the chips act. Welcome to hashtag Trending. I'm your host, Jim. Love. Let's get into it. It turns out that a pro-Palestinian Hacktivist group, the Dark Storm team, has claimed responsibility for the distributed denial of service attack on X or Twitter On Monday of this week. Elon Musk had initially re