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July 21, 2026

X Is Testing Grok Inside Its Ads Manager

Musk has said the end point is Grok running campaigns rather than advising on them.

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June 3, 2026

X Launches TikTok-style Video Reactions For Post Replies

The platform is revisiting video replies with 'React with Video,' four years after Twitter's first attempt struggled to catch on

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May 20, 2026

X is Matching Brands With Creators Using xAI

X is moving from a directory model to a managed service, with xAI ranking creators and the platform running outreach, content, and distribution on the brand's behalf

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April 30, 2026

X Rebuilds Its Ad Platform Using xAI

The rebuild replaces existing retrieval and ranking systems with AI-driven contextual and semantic ad delivery

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April 8, 2026

X’s Algorithm Weights One Conversation at 150 Likes

X is the only major platform to open-source its engagement weights, offering a rare look at how content performs

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March 10, 2026

X Testing Ads That Trigger From Organic Product Mentions

The platform's product head Nikita Bier confirmed the contextual ad format is live with European users but ruled out any affiliate compensation for posters.

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October 28, 2025

Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to challenge Wikipedia

Musk is pitching Grokipedia as an “unbiased” AI-generated alternative to Wikipedia

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September 25, 2025

X to adopt a fully AI-powered algorithm by November

The app plans to move away from its current ranking system to a fully AI-powered model

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August 7, 2025

X plans to introduce ads in Grok AI chatbot responses

The move could revive X’s struggling ad business amid rising competition from OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity

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August 4, 2025

Elon Musk launches ‘Grok Imagine,’ a text-to-video generation tool

Musk says Grok Imagine is a return of Vine, but powered by AI.

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July 25, 2025

Elon Musk plans to relaunch Vine in an AI-powered format

A potential Vine relaunch would now face competition from TikTok, Reels, and Shorts

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July 1, 2025

X will begin charging advertisers based on ad sizes

Elon Musk says larger ads that take up more screen space will cost more on X

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February 23, 2025

X launches ‘Prefill with Grok’ to automate ad creation

The new tools let advertisers automate ad creation and performance analysis on X Ads

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January 28, 2025

X partners with Visa to power its digital payments platform ‘X Money’

X Money is expected to launch later this year, expanding X's "everything app" vision

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January 22, 2025

X rolls out a dedicated video tab for U.S. users

The feature is available to users who have updated to the latest version of the app

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January 10, 2025

X plans to launch its digital payments platform ‘X Money’ in 2025

The service aims to offer peer-to-peer payments and compete with platforms like PayPal and Venmo

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November 27, 2024

X is offering ad spend match to Shopify merchants in the U.S. and Canada

The promotion has no minimum spend requirement but can only be redeemed once

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October 28, 2024

X launches an AI-powered ad platform for small and medium businesses

X follows platforms like Pinterest, TikTok, and Meta using AI to automate ads

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October 21, 2024

X rolls out its trend analysis tool, ‘Radar,’ to more Premium+ users

The tool aims to allow users to identify emerging topics and trends

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September 13, 2024

SocialAI is a new, Twitter-like diary app where bots reply to your posts

The app is intended to offer a private, AI-driven space for reflection and feedback

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