X Open Sources Its Algorithm: 5 Ways Businesses Can Benefit
X open-sourced its Grok transformer recommendation algorithm and will update it every four weeks to enhance transparency and user trust, fulfilling Elon Musk's public promise.
- Elon Musk's X released on January 19, 2026 a GitHub dump of its Grok-powered transformer recommendation system under an Apache 2.0 license, with updates promised every four weeks by the X engineering team.
- After promising transparency on January 10, 2026, Elon Musk, owner of X, released all ranking code following a 2023 partial open-source snapshot and outdated 2022 code snapshot amid X's ownership transition.
- Technically, the repo reveals a Grok-based Transformer architecture with a RecsysBatch input model, but key 'weighting constants' were redacted and verified accounts gain higher base-score ceilings via X Premium at $3 or $200 per month.
- Brands and business accounts on X face concrete changes: they must front-load engagement within the velocity/early engagement window and prioritize dwell_time and share_via_dm over reply volume, per reply quality guidance from Nikita Bier, X head of product.
- Amid regulatory pressure, critics called the release 'transparency theater' and said it remained incomplete, while Musk said 'We know the algorithm is dumb and needs massive improvements' on X.
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Elon Musk says X's algorithm is 'dumb' and 'needs massive improvements' as he open-sources recommendation system
Grok's owner, Elon Musk, said the social media app's algorithm was 'dumb.'Stefani Reynolds—Bloomberg/Getty Images/ReutersX is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed.The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes.The move comes after years of complaints from Musk about the algorithm, which he said still "needs massive improvements."Feel like X's a…
X open sources its algorithm: 5 ways businesses can benefit
Elon Musk's social network X (formerly known as Twitter) last night released some of the code and architecture of its overhauled social recommendation algorithm under a permissive, enterprise-friendly open source license (Apache 2.0) on Github, allowing for commercial usage and modification. This is the algorithm that decides which X posts and accounts to show to which users on the social network.The new X algorithm, as opposed toto the manual h…
The tycoon and owner of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, has published the social network recommendation algorithm in open source, as announced on January 10.Continue reading...
Elon Musk calls X algorithm dumb, open sources it so users can see the struggle of fixing it in real time
Elon Musk has announced the open-sourcing of X's recommendation algorithm, giving users rare insight into the platform's technical challenges and ongoing improvements. The move comes amid global scrutiny over content moderation and transparency, as Musk emphasizes users will be able to observe the real-time evolution—and flaws—of X's feed system.
Elon Musk's social X network makes open source under Apache-2.0 license its recommendation algorithm "For You" based on the IA Grok, that is 10,000 lines of code, of which 63% are written in Rust and 37% in PythonOne week after announcing its intention to open the heart of its recommendation system, X, Elon Musk's platform, published on GitHub the source code of its algorithm "For You" (For you) under Apache-2.0 license. The GitHub repository, w…
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