Bletchley Park, England | Any social media platform that is not charging all users at least a nominal fee by this time next year risks being swamped by AI-powered bots, X owner Elon Musk has warned.

Mr Musk said the problem of bots overwhelming platforms such as X, previously called Twitter, Facebook and others was “insurmountable” unless the cost of a bot was dramatically increased – which could be done by charging all users even just a dollar a year.