xAI open-sourced their ranker. It doesn't compile.
xAI has open-sourced their recommender system, but the code does not compile. Key components and references are missing from the repository, leading to syntax errors and incomplete functionality. The release has raised concerns about the quality of the sanitization process and the implications for competitors in the AI space.
- ▪xAI released an update to their recommender system on May 15, 2026.
- ▪The code fails to compile due to missing components and references.
- ▪The release has been criticized for poor sanitization and potential leaks of internal identifiers.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3922688) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Björn Roberg Posted on May 17 • Originally published at bjro.dev xAI open-sourced their ranker. It doesn't compile. #ai #opensource #security #discuss On 2026-05-15, xAI pushed an update to xai-org/x-algorithm — the recommender behind X's For You feed. Three years after Twitter's original 2023 release, under different leadership. I cloned it and ran analysis on it. The released code does not compile. What's missing There's no Cargo.toml anywhere in the repo.
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