X is going to let Grok curate your timeline
X puts its AI chatbot, Grok, in charge of your timeline. In an announcement Wednesday, X product manager Nikita Bier said Premium subscribers on iOS can get early access to a feature that lets users pin specific topics to their home tab, which Grok will then use to organize the posts you see in each feed.
“It’s powered by Grok’s understanding of each post with algorithm personalization, meaning each timeline is made just for you,” Bier writes. “And it works even better when it’s a topic you’re already committed to.”
Bier says early access to the Grok-based timeline will be available “very soon” for Android users. Along with this update, Bier also announced that X was discontinuing X Communities – formerly Communities – due to “declining usage” on May 6. X Communities allowed users to connect with others through feeds dedicated to specific topics. X encourages users to migrate their communities to group chats within the platform’s messaging service, XChat.
Even as X moves away from community-focused feeds, other platforms, like Threads and Mastodon, continue to embrace it.
Earlier this year, Grok attracted the attention of lawmakers around the world after its AI-powered image-generating tool undressed people on the platform, including minors. Teenagers sued xAI last month, accusing Musk and other executives of launching Grok’s “spicy” picture mode despite knowing it would produce AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
