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Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 chatbot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023

The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot's content on Twitter.

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Discussion

  • @elonmusk Elon Musk on x
    @ExplainThisBob This sure looks like a scam crypto account. If so, it will be suspended.
  • @defidownsin @defidownsin on x
    Hey @elonmusk, I hope you read this. My heart is shattered, and my life feels like it's in ruins. Why did you have to suspend the @ExplainThisBob account? You may not realize it, but you've single-handedly destroyed everything I had. I was more than just a follower; I was all in.…
  • @titterdaily @titterdaily on x
    NEWS: Over the last day, Twitter has begun cracking down on accounts exploiting the Verification + Business gold-check programmes to promote scams. These accounts could often be seen in Elon's replies. This has applied for example to the popular @ExplainThisBob reply bot account …
  • @talalunfiltered Halal Talal on x
    The rate that the ExplainThisBob and RoastHimJim tweet at is far higher than possible on any of the consumer level API tiers, including the $5000/mo “professional tier”. I think that Elon is giving them unlimited API access and then banning later so he can pump and dump shitcoins…
  • @mattbinder Matt Binder on x
    this is an extremely funny series of events [image]
  • @obesechess @obesechess on x
    Apparently that annoying “explain this Bob” account was promo for a crypto pump and dump scheme and a bunch of the most annoying people on earth are on the verge of killing themselves because the bot got suspended and they're losing tons of money now. Rare Elon W https://twitter.…
  • @poordart @poordart on x
    I wish i had counted the number of promoted shitcoin/NFT and even honey pot tweets lol https://twitter.com/...