It is a lot like Twitter Moments, but AI makes it work.
The artificial intelligence-generated summaries of news and other topics that are trending on the site are being published by X utilizing Grok. According to a post that was made on the engineering account of the company, the feature is referred to as “Stories on X,” and it is presently only accessible to premium users.
As stated by X, Grok is dependent on the posts made by users in order to generate the text snippets. While some appear to be recaps of talks that are taking place on the site itself, some appear to be more focused on news information. Another person shared a screenshot that included headlines regarding Apple’s profits report and help to Ukraine. Additionally, the user posted a screenshot that was titled “Musk, Experts Debate National Debt.” This particular screenshot was a recap of a “candid online discussion” that took place on X between Musk and other “prominent figures.”
If any of this seems familiar to you, it is also amazing how similar it is to Moments, a tool that has been there for a long time on Twitter that curated authoritative tweets about significant news and cultural moments that occurred on the network. 2022 was the year when the feature, which had been managed by a group of human employees, was terminated.
Grok’s summaries, like those of other generative AI tools, come with a disclaimer attached to them. It has the following statement: “This story is a summary of posts on X and may evolve over time.” Check the outputs of Grok because it is prone to making errors. It should come as no surprise that Grok does not exactly have the best track record when it comes to accurately assessing current events. It had previously generated a weird narrative that suggested that NBA player Klay Thompson went on a “vandalism spree” because it was unable to comprehend what the phrase “throwing bricks” meant in the context of a basketball game.