X Cuts Off InfoFi App’s API Access Over Excessive AI Spam

X product chief Nikita Bier announced a ban on InfoFi’s pay-for-post apps, citing AI-generated low-quality posts and excessive replies as harmful to user experience.

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Summary

On January 16, X product chief and Solana advisor Nikita Bier announced a policy change blocking InfoFi apps that pay for posts. He explained the move was in response to a surge of AI-generated low-quality posts and excessive replies that degraded user experience. This action targets API integrations driving such content and follows Bier’s disclosure that InfoFi had paid millions for X’s API access before the platform decided it no longer needed that revenue.

Terms & Concepts
  • API (Application Programming Interface): A set of protocols and tools that allows software applications to communicate with each other.
  • AI Spam: Unwanted or irrelevant content generated by artificial intelligence systems, often at high volume.