Data Protection Commission concerned on use of X messages in AI training.
The Irish Data Protection Commission has launched High Court proceedings against Twitter over concerns about the processing of personal data of millions of European users.
Its concerns are around the use of this data, in public posts by X users to train artificial intelligence systems utilised by Twitter including its enhanced search tool known as 'Grok'. According to RTE, the DPC claims that by its use of Grok, Twitter International is not complying with its obligations under the GDPR.
Also, the DPC is further concerned about Twitter's intention to launch the next version of Grok, which it is claimed has been trained using the personal data of EU/EEA users, sometime in August 2024.
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