Elon Musk Announces Full Open-Sourcing of X Codebase
The promise to open source X's entire codebase with third-party verification is a dramatic escalation from the 2023 algorithm release, but the company's failure to update that earlier code raises questions about execution.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
Elon Musk announced on July 15 that X will open source its entire codebase once a security review is complete. Musk said third-party reviewers will verify that the running system matches the open source code. The move follows a 2023 release of the timeline algorithm, which has not been updated since, despite ongoing changes to the platform. The announcement covers all code with no exceptions.
In 2023, X released the source code for its timeline recommendation algorithm as promised. That code has not been updated since, even as the algorithm itself changed. Now Elon Musk says the entire X codebase will be open sourced, with no exceptions. A security review is underway, and once complete, all source code will be published. Musk also said third-party reviewers will be invited to confirm that the running system matches the open source code. 'Trust through total transparency is the only thing that should be believed,' he said.
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- GIGAZINE イーロン・マスクがX(旧Twitter)のソースコード全公開を告知