X might quickly present extra perception into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the corporate “will make the brand new X algorithm, together with all code used to find out what natural and promoting posts are really useful to customers, open supply in 7 days.”
X’s advice algorithm has been the topic of investigations by France and the European Fee, the latter of which lately prolonged by way of 2026 a retention order that it despatched to the corporate at the start of final yr. And scrutiny into the platform, together with calls for for accountability, have solely elevated after its chatbot, Grok, was caught producing CSAM at customers’ requests and continues to be used to digitally undress girls nonconsensually.
Elon Musk’s X publish about open-sourcing the algorithm. (Screenshot/X)
Musk has been making guarantees of open-sourcing the algorithm since his takeover of Twitter, and in 2023 printed the code for the positioning’s “For You” feed on GitHub. However the code wasn’t all that revealing, leaving out key particulars, in keeping with analyses on the time. And it hasn’t been saved updated. Of the making the brand new algorithm open supply, Musk stated in his publish, “This will probably be repeated each 4 weeks, with complete developer notes, that will help you perceive what modified.”
