Overview
- Elon Musk stated that X will release the code that determines organic and advertising recommendations within seven days.
- The company plans recurring releases every four weeks accompanied by developer notes explaining changes.
- The pledge follows a 2023 GitHub snapshot of the ‘For You’ feed that analysts said omitted key operational details and was not kept current.
- X faces heightened scrutiny from European authorities and national regulators after reports of Grok generating sexualized images, with Indonesia blocking Grok and UK officials warning of possible service restrictions.
- Musk has signaled a push to make X’s recommendation engine driven by Grok, targeting evaluation of over 100 million daily posts, while previously acknowledging a significant bug in the ‘For You’ feed.