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Taking a cue from X, Threads tests AI-powered summaries of trending topics

As Bluesky sees a significant surge in users, Meta’s X competitor Threads has been rapidly building out its platform, likely in response.

On Friday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that Threads will start testing AI-powered summaries of what people are discussing on the platform in the app’s “Trending now” section in the U.S. The new addition sounds similar to X’s Stories feature, which uses Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok to summarize trending topics in the social network’s Explore section. The platform has seen an increase in users following the U.S. presidential election as X gained more of a right-wing approach, especially after Musk used the social network to campaign for President-elect Donald Trump.

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