Europe’s data protection watchdog is “seeking clarity” on a decision by Elon Musk’s X to allow users’ data to automatically be fed into his artificial intelligence start-up xAI, placing fresh regulatory scrutiny on the social media platform.
X users discovered on Friday that they had been ‘opted-in’ to having their posts to the site, as well as their interactions with its Grok chatbot, be used for “training and fine-tuning” xAI’s systems.
The move was made without first obtaining users’ explicit consent for data sharing. The setting can only be changed on the desktop version of X, so users are currently unable to opt out via its mobile apps.