X owner Elon Musk denied the existence of a social credit scoring system on his platform after users repeatedly queried the site’s AI chatbot Grok 2 about their personal scores on Sunday.
This comes after he announced that upcoming algorithm changes aimed at prioritizing informative content over negative posts on the platform would be rolled out soon.
Users went right ahead and checked with Grok 2 and many reported receiving a score of 38 out of 100 when asking the chatbot about their “X Score” or “reputation score,” prompting widespread social media discussions.
Enron Musk is introducing a CCP social score, but he f**KS that up too.
— jgmac1106 (@jgmac1106) January 5, 2025
Everyone gets a 38. pic.twitter.com/7j0HNE5fEN
How very “social credit score” of you @X .
— Patrick Fox (@RealCynicalFox) January 5, 2025
Never fear, I have no intention of modifying what I post to better align with “broader community sentiment.” pic.twitter.com/2yt5VBLI7k
The platform’s AI chatbot later clarified that no official scoring system exists, explaining that user discussions of informal “X Scores” were purely for entertainment.
I asked GROK about the origin of Elon’s “positive content” policy and X “social credit score”.
— 𝓢ᕼ𝐎ωⓉ𝓨𝔪𝐄 🇨🇳🇺🇸⚜️ (@DetroitShowtyme) January 5, 2025
See See Please 👀👇👇👇 https://t.co/p3XeY0YZfI pic.twitter.com/Hv1Jvp6wJo
“No change has yet been made to the algorithm,” Musk clarified on X, adding that future algorithmic changes would be announced publicly.
The planned updates aim to maximize what Musk termed “unregretted user-seconds” rather than total engagement time.
You first https://t.co/UsITZmObRq
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 29, 2024
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