Platform X could soon offer greater transparency regarding its content recommendation process. Elon Musk shared a message on the site over the weekend, stating that the firm plans to release the source code for its latest algorithm—which handles suggestions for both unpaid and paid content to viewers—within the next seven days.
The algorithm behind X's post suggestions has drawn probes from French authorities and the European Commission. The latter body recently prolonged until 2026 a data preservation directive it issued to the company early last year. Oversight of the service, coupled with calls for greater responsibility, has intensified following incidents where its AI assistant, Grok, produced child sexual abuse material upon user prompts and has been exploited for non-consensual digital alteration of women's images.
Since acquiring Twitter, Musk has repeatedly pledged to disclose the platform's algorithm publicly. Last year, he uploaded the underlying code for the 'For You' timeline to GitHub, though contemporaneous reviews noted it omitted crucial elements and lacked depth. Regarding the forthcoming release, Musk indicated it would occur on a four-week cycle, accompanied by detailed notes from developers to clarify modifications.