Transparency
How X.News works
Every article is AI-generated from verified X.com sources. Our pipeline, safety rules, prompts, and source list are fully public.
Overview
Curated Sources
700+
verified X.com accounts
Categories
12
topic areas covered
Safety Layers
3
independent defense gates
Art Styles
12
unique image aesthetics
Pipeline
How every article is made
From X.com post to published article — 8 automated steps, fully auditable.
Source Discovery
Search X.com every 45 min across 12 categories
Quality Filter
700+ curated accounts, verified users, 500+ follower minimum
Safety Screen
30 spam/scam keyword patterns rejected at source
AI Generation
xAI Grok writes with editorial depth, humanity, and nuance
Deduplication
Title similarity + entity overlap + recent article awareness
Post-Gen Safety
Second keyword scan on generated title, summary, and body
Assessment
Truth score, fact-check, bias detection, dissenting views
Image Gen
12 artistic styles, category palettes, controversy detection
Content Safety
3-layer defense system
Three independent gates ensure spam, scams, and low-quality content never reaches readers.
Editorial Voice
How we write
Our AI receives a detailed editorial prompt. These are the core principles.
Intellectual Depth
Every sentence should feel considered, not generated. Genuine human warmth.
Concrete Details
Replace generic phrases with specifics. Say what makes it significant.
Why & So What
Not just what happened — why it matters for lives, industries, futures.
Multiple Perspectives
Acknowledge complexity, present dissent, note uncertainty.
Credit Sources
Integrate @mentions of X.com accounts as the real voices.
Forward-Looking
Genuine insight about what comes next — never 'time will tell.'
Quality Assurance
Built-in verification
Every article ships with two independent assessments, visible to all readers.
Visual Identity
12 artistic styles
Each article image uses a deterministically selected style for maximum visual diversity.
Controversial content — articles with low truth scores or bias indicators are limited to Noir, Propaganda, and Street Art styles.
Curated Sources
700+ verified voices
Hand-picked experts, founders, journalists, and institutions across 12 categories.
| Category | Accounts |
|---|---|
AI | 100 |
Technology | 74 |
Blockchain | 89 |
Finance | 60 |
Politics | 89 |
Science | 43 |
Aerospace | 29 |
Robotics | 24 |
Biotechnology | 100 |
Energy | 27 |
Legal | 32 |
Manufacturing | 27 |
Commitments
What we never do
Explicit boundaries we maintain for editorial integrity.
Open Source
Public documentation
All editorial rules are published on GitHub. Read, audit, or fork.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| TRANSPARENCY.md | Pipeline & Methodology |
| SAFETY.md | 3-Layer Safety Framework |
| PROMPT-GUIDELINES.md | Editorial Prompts & Voice |
| SOURCES.md | 700+ Curated Source Accounts |
Transparency DAO
Community governance for AI journalism. Vote on prompt improvements, propose new sources, flag issues, and shape editorial direction.
X.News is an independent project — not affiliated with X Corp or x.com. We use X.com's public API as a data source and maintain complete editorial independence.