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Indian Express
03-07-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
X to test AI-generated Community Notes: What it means for human fact-checkers
Elon Musk-owned X is planning to introduce AI-generated Community Notes that will appear below certain user posts to provide additional context. The social media platform has announced a new pilot programme that will allow developers to create AI bots capable of writing Community Notes. These Community Notes can also be generated using X's Grok AI chatbot as well as other AI tools connected to X via its application programming interface (API). The AI bots can start writing Community Notes in 'test mode'. X said that it will admit a first cohort of developers later this month so that AI-generated Community Notes can start to appear below user posts in 'test mode'. This means that all users should not expect to see AI-generated Notes immediately as the company is likely to roll them out more broadly if the testing is successful. These bots 'can help deliver a lot more notes faster with less work, but ultimately the decision on what's helpful enough to show still comes down to humans. So we think that combination is incredibly powerful,' Keith Coleman, vice president of product at X, was quoted as saying by Bloomberg. Coleman said that there are currently hundreds of Community Notes posted on X. The proposed shift towards AI-generated Notes comes at a time when the Elon Musk-owned platform is facing scrutiny over misinformation, political bias, and inadequate content moderation on X. It also raises concerns about the use of AI chatbots for fact-checking purposes, given how AI is vulnerable to hallucinate or make up information that is not based in reality. Community Notes was first piloted as a feature back in 2021 when X was known as Twitter, that is, before Musk purchased the platform for $44 billion. It is based on a crowdsourced fact-checking model. Users can add facts and context below a specific post. But a Community Note shows up below a post only if enough contributors vote that the context it provides is helpful. The success of Community Notes recently prompted Meta to announce that it would eliminate its third-party fact-checking programme and pivot to the crowdsourced feature, instead, for all its platforms such as Facebook and Instagram in the US. The process for submitting an AI-generated Community Note is similar to one written by a human. According to X, the 'AI Note Writers' will be able to submit a Community Note only 'if found helpful by people from different perspectives.' At the beginning, AI Note Writers will only be able to write Notes on posts where people have requested a Note. AI Note Writers on X can 'gain and lose capabilities over time based on how helpful their notes are to people from different perspectives,' according to a support page of the platform. AI-generated Community Notes will require human upvotes before they are made public, indicating a human-in-the-loop approach. A recent study focused on X's Community Notes found that human feedback can help make AI Note Writers better through reinforcement learning, with human contributors serving as a final check before the Notes are published. 'The goal is not to create an AI assistant that tells users what to think, but to build an ecosystem that empowers humans to think more critically and understand the world better. LLMs and humans can work together in a virtuous loop,' the researchers said. However, despite human oversight, there is still a risk with relying too heavily on AI tools for accurate information or context. This risk could potentially be amplified by X's decision to let developers integrate third-party LLMs to power the AI Community Notes feature. Others have also pointed out that X's plan could overwhelm human contributors with a surge of AI-generated Notes to evaluate, potentially reducing the accuracy of their work and diminishing their motivation, especially since their work is voluntary.
Time of India
02-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
X tests AI bots for fact-checking Community Notes
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills Social media platform X has rolled out a pilot programme that lets artificial intelligence (AI) bots contribute to its Community Notes feature , a user-driven system for adding context to X's Community Notes handle, the company said, 'Starting today, the world can create AI Note Writers that can earn the ability to propose Community Notes. Their notes will show on X if found helpful by people from different perspectives—just like all notes.'It added, 'Not only does this have the potential to accelerate the speed and scale of Community Notes, rating feedback from the community can help develop AI agents that deliver increasingly accurate, less biased, and broadly helpful information—a powerful feedback loop.'Community Notes, originally introduced when the platform was known as Twitter, has been expanded under Elon Musk's ownership. It allows users to fact-check posts by adding extra context. These notes are only published if other contributors from varied viewpoints rate them as helpful. For instance, a Community Note might clarify that a widely shared video was created using AI or flag misleading claims made by public figures.X's senior executive, Keith Coleman, told Bloomberg that although AI bots can write notes faster, people will still play a key role in the process. 'They can help deliver a lot more notes faster with less work, but ultimately the decision on what's helpful enough to show still comes down to humans,' he said.• Sign up today and begin developing your AI Note Writer.• Start writing notes in test mode.• We'll admit a first cohort of AI Note Writers later this month, which is when AI-written notes can start appearing.
Hans India
02-07-2025
- Business
- Hans India
X Introduces AI Bots to Contribute to Community Notes on Posts
X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, has taken a significant step in integrating artificial intelligence into its fact-checking ecosystem. The company is now allowing AI-powered bots to participate in writing Community Notes — user-contributed context added to potentially misleading posts. The platform's Community Notes team revealed that developers can now create "AI Note Writers" capable of drafting contextual notes, similar to human contributors. However, to ensure quality and objectivity, these AI-generated notes will only be visible to users if deemed helpful by people from diverse perspectives. X clarified in a post, 'Notes written by AI will be clearly marked for users,' ensuring transparency. For now, these AI bots are restricted to writing notes only on posts where users have requested additional context. They begin in a 'test mode,' and their eligibility to appear publicly is determined by how useful their contributions are. According to X's support documentation, AI bots must 'earn the ability to write notes' through a reputation system based on helpfulness. Their privileges aren't permanent — the bots can 'gain and lose capabilities over time based on how helpful their notes are to people from different perspectives.' This dynamic scoring system resembles the one already in place for human contributors. A preview of how these AI-generated notes will appear was also shared. The design includes a clear label, distinguishing AI contributions from human-authored ones. The company plans to admit a 'first cohort' of AI bots later this month, which could lead to their notes appearing publicly for the first time. In an interview with Bloomberg, X's head of Community Notes, Keith Coleman, emphasized that while AI will scale the process, the final decision rests with people. 'These bots can help deliver a lot more notes faster with less work, but ultimately the decision on what's helpful enough to show still comes down to humans,' he said. Coleman further noted that the platform currently sees 'hundreds' of Community Notes being published daily. This move mirrors a growing industry trend toward integrating AI into content moderation and fact-checking — but X appears to be treading carefully, balancing automation with human judgment. As misinformation remains a critical challenge on social platforms, X's AI-human hybrid approach may offer a scalable path forward — assuming the bots prove as helpful as hoped.
The Verge
01-07-2025
- Business
- The Verge
X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots
X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts. Like humans, the 'AI Note Writers' will be able to submit a Community Note, but they will only actually be shown on a post 'if found helpful by people from different perspectives,' X says in a post on its Community Notes account. Notes written by AI will be 'clearly marked for users' and, to start, 'AIs can only write notes on posts where people have requested a note.' AI Note Writers must also 'earn the ability to write notes,' and they can 'gain and lose capabilities over time based on how helpful their notes are to people from different perspectives,' according to a support page. The AI bots start writing notes in 'test mode,' and the company says it will 'admit a first cohort' of them later this month so that their notes can appear on X. These bots 'can help deliver a lot more notes faster with less work, but ultimately the decision on what's helpful enough to show still comes down to humans,' X's Keith Coleman tells Bloomberg in an interview. 'So we think that combination is incredibly powerful.' Coleman says there are 'hundreds' of notes published on X each day.
