"Elon Musk Exposes Twitter's Algorithm in Embarrassing Release"
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Elon Musk-owned Twitter has released the source code for its recommendation algorithm on GitHub, allowing users and programmers to suggest modifications to the algorithm. Speaking during a Twitter Space session, Musk said the initial release of the algorithm would be "quite embarrassing" and that people would find a lot of mistakes, but they would be fixed quickly. Musk also said Twitter would update its recommendation algorithm based on user suggestions every 24 to 48 hours. The billionaire entrepreneur had promised to make the source code public, saying the recommendation algorithm used at Twitter is overly complicated.
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