Content ModerationVerified
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X tested and deployed a program allowing AI bots to generate Community Notes — short fact-checking annotations added to posts — which are then reviewed and rated by human contributors before going public. The AI Note Writer program launched in July 2025.
Details
X launched the AI Note Writers program in July 2025, enabling developers to build AI bots that can draft Community Notes in response to user requests. These AI-generated notes go through the same human consensus review process as notes written by human contributors — they must achieve agreement from users with historically differing perspectives before appearing publicly. By September 2025, AI-authored notes were appearing publicly. A Tow Center analysis (reported by Columbia Journalism Review in November 2025) found eight AI accounts writing between 5 and 10 percent of publicly visible Community Notes daily.
Products affected
X Community NotesX (platform)
Sources & Evidence
News Article
Cite this record
Trace Foundation. (2026). X: X tested and deployed a program allowing AI bots to generate Community Notes — short fact-checking annotations added to posts — which are then reviewed and rated by human contributors before going public. The AI Note Writer program launched in July 2025 (data as of 2026-04-22) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/402e84a1-6d2a-41a9-8b78-ed1895ee6c33. Accessed September 5, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/402e84a1-6d2a-41a9-8b78-ed1895ee6c33
- Data as of
- April 22, 2026
- Last verified
- April 22, 2026
Other practices by X
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