X, the social community owned by Elon Musk, will begin summarizing information occasions contained in the app through the use of xAI’s chatbot, Grok. 

The AI-generated summaries will depend on consumer tweets — not third-party information articles — and can solely be accessible to premium subscribers, the corporate introduced on Friday. The characteristic, referred to as “Tales,” does not presently cite any information shops, however Musk instructed the tech e-newsletter Massive Expertise that higher citations are on the best way. 

“As extra info turns into accessible, the information abstract will replace to incorporate that info,” Musk instructed Massive Expertise, which reported earlier on the characteristic. Grok, the AI chatbot, isn’t technically owned by X however is as a substitute a part of xAI, a synthetic intelligence startup that’s one other of Musk’s firms. He is spoken brazenly about the truth that Grok is skilled utilizing posts from X.  

X, previously referred to as Twitter, used to have an analogous product referred to as Moments that relied on human moderators to create information summaries. That product was shut down shortly after Musk took over in late 2022. 

Earlier this yr, Musk postponed a go to to India which might have included a gathering with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has to cope with “very heavy” obligations at Tesla. 

“Sadly, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the go to to India be delayed, however I do very a lot look ahead to visiting later this yr,” the billionaire mentioned in a put up on X. He had been scheduled to go to for 2 days — April 21 and 22 — to announce plans to enter the Indian market. 

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