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Taking inspiration from X, Threads tests AI-powered summaries of news stories
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Taking inspiration from X, Threads tests AI-powered summaries of news stories

Like the Twitter-like social network Blue sky sees a significant increase In terms of users this month, Meta’s X competitor, Threads, has been rapidly growing its platform. Friday, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram announcement that Threads will begin testing AI-powered summaries of what people are discussing on the platform in the app’s ‘Current Trending’ section in the US

The new addition looks like Stories of X featurewhich uses Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok to summarize trending topics in the Explore section of the social network.

Threads will also test an expanded set of trending topics, the company noted. Additionally, users will now be able to search within a specific date range and search for posts from an individual account.

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In a post on Threads, Mosseri said these additions are “long-overdue improvements to Search and Trending Now on Threads.”

Meta quickly updated Threads at a time when many X users are migrating to Bluesky, which has now surpassed 20 million users. The platform saw a surge in users following the US presidential election, with X taking a more right-wing approach, particularly after Musk used the social network to campaign for President-elect Donald Trump.

After complaints users Regarding the Threads algorithm, the platform now takes comments into account, as it rolled out changes this week to show more content people you follow in the app’s algorithmic feed.

Earlier this week, the social network rolled out personalized feeds to allow Threads users to organize feeds around specific topics or certain user profiles. The tool allows Threads to compete with Bluesky’s own features that allow users to create their own algorithms, feeds and lists.

It’s worth noting that Threads’ user base is still much larger than Bluesky’s, as it has more than 275 million monthly active users. However, data from market intelligence company Similarweb shows that Bluesky is catching up to Threads when it comes to daily active users. The company believes that if the social network can maintain its current growth rate, it could eventually catch up with Threads.