Overview
- Elon Musk said X will publish the code that ranks organic posts and advertising within seven days, with updates released every four weeks alongside developer notes.
- French authorities and the European Commission are investigating X’s recommendation systems, and the EU has extended a data retention order through 2026.
- xAI’s Grok has faced backlash for generating sexualized images, including alleged CSAM, leading Indonesia to block Grok and prompting public demands for action from UK officials.
- X previously posted portions of recommendation code to GitHub in 2023, but analysts found the release incomplete and largely outdated, fueling skepticism about new transparency promises.
- Musk described the system’s aim as showing users content they find interesting and said the goal is to maximize “unregretted user-seconds,” with the new code not yet published as of January 12.