X Takes Community Notes to the Next Level with AI Collaboration
The platform behind popular note-taking tool X is shaking things up by introducing a new feature that allows human writers to request an AI-written Community Note. In a move that could significantly speed up the process of getting notes published, contributors can now collaborate on drafts in real-time.
The idea behind this experiment is to harness the productivity of both humans and AI. When an existing contributor requests a note on a post, the system kicks off the creation of a Collaborative Note, which allows users to rate and suggest improvements. The AI writer, Grok, will then incorporate these suggestions to create a more helpful note.
This new approach could make X's Community Notes platform more agile and responsive to user feedback, potentially addressing criticism that it has moved too slowly in the past. According to Keith Coleman, who oversees Community Notes, this feature is part of X's ongoing effort to continuously learn from community feedback and improve its models.
However, there are also concerns about the potential pitfalls of relying on AI to generate content. As the platform expands availability to more users over time, it will be interesting to see how this collaboration model plays out in practice. For now, it seems that only top-performing contributors with a "top writer" status will be able to initiate collaborative notes.
The partnership between human writers and AI could lead to new ways of working with the technology and, ultimately, make models smarter through continuous learning from community feedback. With this latest update, X is taking another step towards democratizing access to high-quality content generation, and we'll be watching with interest to see how it all unfolds.
The platform behind popular note-taking tool X is shaking things up by introducing a new feature that allows human writers to request an AI-written Community Note. In a move that could significantly speed up the process of getting notes published, contributors can now collaborate on drafts in real-time.
The idea behind this experiment is to harness the productivity of both humans and AI. When an existing contributor requests a note on a post, the system kicks off the creation of a Collaborative Note, which allows users to rate and suggest improvements. The AI writer, Grok, will then incorporate these suggestions to create a more helpful note.
This new approach could make X's Community Notes platform more agile and responsive to user feedback, potentially addressing criticism that it has moved too slowly in the past. According to Keith Coleman, who oversees Community Notes, this feature is part of X's ongoing effort to continuously learn from community feedback and improve its models.
However, there are also concerns about the potential pitfalls of relying on AI to generate content. As the platform expands availability to more users over time, it will be interesting to see how this collaboration model plays out in practice. For now, it seems that only top-performing contributors with a "top writer" status will be able to initiate collaborative notes.
The partnership between human writers and AI could lead to new ways of working with the technology and, ultimately, make models smarter through continuous learning from community feedback. With this latest update, X is taking another step towards democratizing access to high-quality content generation, and we'll be watching with interest to see how it all unfolds.