Twitter CEO Elon Musk apologises for annoying ads and other tweets by the billionaire that went viral

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is well-known for his bizarre statements on the microblogging site and it isn't often that he apologizes to the public for the issues they face on the site. But he recently wrote in a tweet that 'he is sorry for all those annoying and irrelevant Twitter ads'. He also added that the company is taking the necessary steps and will be tying ads to keywords and topics in tweets, similar to how Google search works.

Here is a compilation of his tweets in the recent past:

Elon Musk apologises for Twitter ads

He wrote, "Sorry for showing you so many irrelevant & annoying ads on Twitter! We’re taking the (obvious) corrective action of tying ads to keywords and topics in tweets, like Google does with search. This will improve contextual relevance dramatically."

Twitter users can charge for their content

In another Tweet, Musk, while replying to a user, also mentioned other changes that Twitter is undertaking. He said that Twitter is working on 'longer tweets with basic formatting', making it easier for all types of content to be posted on the site. He also said that the company is working towards a feature where people can charge others for their content.

"Good use of long tweet! Next update will allow much longer tweets with basic formatting, so you can post any content on Twitter. We’re also spinning up subscriptions, so you can charge people for some content and they can easily pay with one click," he wrote.

Elon Musk slams Microsoft

In another tweet, Elon Musk also slammed Microsoft for turning OpenAI into 'a closed source, maximum-profit company' that now serves as a counterweight to Google.

In response to a user's tweet, Musk said that he co-founded OpenAI, as an open source, non-profit company, but Microsoft has changed everything about it. Musk admitted to co-founding 'OpenAI', even though he believes that artificial intelligence is ‘one of the biggest risks to civilization and needs to be regulated'.

"OpenAI was created as an open source (which is why I named it “Open” AI), non-profit company to serve as a counterweight to Google, but now it has become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft. Not what I intended at all," he wrote.


According to news reports, OpenAI was founded in 2015 with the intent of saving humanity from the potential destruction of AI. The company was launched as a non-profit research company, dedicated to the cause. Sam Altman and Elon Musk were among the founders of the company. Musk resigned from OpenAI in 2018 as his other two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, were also working on AI technologies.

In 2019, OpenAI declared itself as a ‘for profit’ company and partnered with the likes of Microsoft and other big corporations. Microsoft has recently strengthened its partnership with OpenAI and the same was revealed in a press release.