X Introduces Grok-Powered AI-Generated News Snippets

While the AI space is mostly dominated by a few major names, including OpenAI and Google, there are still several places where users can use AI chatbots, including on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). 

Grok has been available on the social media platform for paid customers for some time now. The platform has now introduced a new feature for subscribers of its premium tier -- Stories on X. The new feature comes from the X Engineering account fused with images detailing how Stories on X will work. 

Users will be able to find these new AI-generated summaries within the Explore tab’s For You section, which will be populated by trending news relevant to the user across different categories (via TechCrunch). Sadly, Stories on X is currently only available on iOS and the web as of now, but the feature is likely to appear on Android very soon.

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New Feature To Curate Conversations Between Users

Apart from showing summaries for news articles in the For You section, Stories on X will also serve as a tool to start conversations between multiple users. For instance, a screenshot shared under the original tweet’s replies reveals how tweets would appear as Stories.

This will add a new dimension to news curation. What’s interesting is that the screenshots shared by the X Engineering team don’t show a description below every story in the For You section, only showcasing the headline instead.

TechCrunch also got hold of a tweet by Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz, who had a word with X CTO Elon Musk over an email thread. They two spoke about the future of AI news on X. Musk’s plans involve meshing real news with the conversations happening on X and making them "into a real-time synthesizer of news and social media reaction."

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Is Grok Effective In Any Way?

Going by the recent controversy involving NBA superstar Klya Thompson, not many users would be optimistic about Grok getting all things right. The AI chatbot has its limitations as well, with a disclaimer below these AI-generated summaries saying 

Grok acknowledges this shortcoming, too, with a disclaimer below these AI-generated "Grok can make mistakes," while also asking users to "verify its outputs."

Musk further explained to Kantrowitz that the news summary would be updated when more information is available on the subject, and the company’s aim is to "provide maximally accurate and timely information, citing the most significant sources." There’s no word on whether the new AI news summaries will be rolled out for non-paying users of X in the coming months.