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Musk says X will add audio, video calls

In this image released by FOX News, Elon Musk gestures as he is interviewed by FOX News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The billionaire Twitter owner told Carlson in a segment aired Monday night, April 17, that he plans to create an alternative to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT that he is calling “TruthGPT,” which will be a "maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.” (FOX News via AP)

Elon Musk on Thursday said that video and audio calls are coming to his X social media platform.

Musk announced in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that calls would work “on iOS, Android, Mac & PC,” there would be “no phone number needed” for them and that the platform would be “the effective global address book.” 

Musk’s announcement comes after X announced Wednesday it will be collecting biometric data and information on users’ employment and education history starting Sep. 29. X also announced on Tuesday it will allow political advertisements on the website for the first time since 2019. 

Musk acquired the platform in October 2022 and has said he has plans for it to become his “everything app.” X CEO Linda Yaccarino has also talked about the expansion of the platform’s services to “audio, video, messaging, payments/banking.”

“Twitter made one massive impression and changed the way we communicate,” Yaccarino said in a thread on X last month. “Now, X will go further, transforming the global town square.”