Elon Musk said on Jan. 10 that his X social media platform would open its new algorithm to the public within a week. “We will make the new X algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days,” Musk wrote in a post on X on Jan. 10. “This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed.” Authorities in the UK and the European Union notified Musk’s X and xAI on Jan. 5 that its regulatory bodies were aware of reports alleging that X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok had been used to generate sexually explicit images, including images that appeared to depict minors. European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said that the EU is “very well aware of the fact that [Grok] is now offering a ‘spicy mode’ showing explicit sexual content with some output generated with childlike images.” “This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting,” Regnier told reporters on Jan. 5 Musk had written in a post two days prior that “anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content.” On Jan. 8, […]