SpaceXAI has released Grok Build as an open source to solve the problem of community trust collapse. Now Elon Musk has revealed that the social networking site X/Twitter will also switch to an open source model, that is, all the code base of the website will be open source and released, but the source code released is mainly for review purposes. After all, X/Twitter is not a regular software.
Mainly to improve the transparency of X/Twitter:
Previously, X/Twitter recommendation algorithms have been released as open source. Developers can even directly use the AI review recommendation algorithm to check the recommendation weight set by the platform. For example, if a post contains external links, the weight will usually be lowered. If a post recommended by the algorithm is displayed and user interaction decreases, the weight may also be lowered.
The entire code base of X/Twitter is now being fully open sourced to increase transparency. Elon Musk hopes to build trust through complete transparency, allowing users and third parties to verify the code to ensure that there are no hidden algorithmic biases or human/system manipulation. Of course, this can also improve security, and the open source community can audit the code to discover vulnerabilities.
X/Twitter is also preparing to invite independent auditors to conduct regular audits of the platform code to ensure that the code used by the platform is exactly the same as the open source code to avoid the appearance that the open source code is open source code and the platform actually uses a different set of code. This can also increase transparency and build trust.
There is no specific timetable for when it will be open source:
Elon Musk only emphasized that the code base will be fully open sourced after completing the security vulnerability review. However, there is no timetable for when the code base will be open sourced. After all, even using AI to scan and fix vulnerabilities will take time for the X/Twitter security team. The number of codes for a platform of the size of X/Twitter should be very large, so the open source release is not expected to be that fast.