In what can be called a move designed to curb “political rage bait” and improve content quality in users’ X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk has announced a shift in the algorithm for the social media platform. According to Tesla CEO, the company is leveraging the capabilities of Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI, for a new iteration of the “For You”.
“The xAI team is working on providing For You tabs that are specific to topics,” Musk said in a post on X.
“For example, a “For You AI” that is focused only on artificial intelligence with no political rage bait. This would be like automatically generated follow lists with content ranked by quality,” he added.
The update means that the working of X is going to change from a singular, algorithmically driven feed that has driven the platform’s user experience for years, moving toward a more personally curated, quality-centric approach.
X restricts AI-photo generation
The previous AI-related change came in the form of restriction on AI chabot Grok’s ability to generate sexualised images of women and minors. The company said that it has implemented some ‘technological measures’ to stop this ability of the xAI’s AI chabot.
“We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis. This restriction applies to all users, including paid subscribers,” X’s safety account said in a blog post on the platform.
This particular feature put the platform on a sticky wicket after California’s top prosecutor, Rob Bonta, said he launched an investigation into sexualised AI deepfakes generated by Grok.
“xAI can and should put better safeguards in place to protect children and women from the harms of sexually explicit materials being generated without their consent,” a representative of the California Attorney General’s office said.
“While this is an encouraging development, California DOJ is investigating to determine whether xAI violated the law with the conduct that has occurred,” the representative added.
