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Austrian non-profit European Centre for Digital Rights has filed nine complaints alleging Elon Musk-owned X has unlawfully collected data from over 60M EU users.

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The non-profit, branded as None of Your Business (NOYB), Monday said X, formerly Twitter, was training its artificial intelligence-enhanced search feature Grok with data collected without users' consent.

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Its complaints in Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain fall under the General Data Protection Regulation.

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The Irish Data Protection Commission made similar allegations against X last week, looking to halt such data usage for AI development, training, and refinement.

In July, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reportedly suggested X is getting users to automatically let their posts be used to build its AI.

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Grok — which is only available to X premium users — was launched last year, with Musk detailing plans to eventually also offer it as a service independent of the social media platform.

Austrian non-profit European Centre for Digital Rights has filed nine complaints alleging Elon Musk-owned X was unlawfully collecting data from over 60M EU users.

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The non-profit, styled as None of Your Business (Noyb), Monday said X, formerly Twitter, was training its AI with data collected without users' consent.

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The introduction of Grok, X’s AI chatbot, has been one of the most significant innovations made by the platform since Musk acquired Twitter in 2022.

Online platforms' use of one's personal data may be avoided by reviewing their privacy settings and opting out of data sharing for AI training. One can also keep track of their data download tools to see what information companies have collected about them. It would be helpful to delete one's old posts and content and use privacy-enhancing browser extensions or tools.

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High-quality training data isn't free for the taking. This axiom ought to reshape the AI landscape by forcing companies to play by the rules and obtain proper permissions. Ultimately, this push for accountability could lead to a fairer data economy, where consent and compensation become the norm.

It's not unusual for social media companies to collect personal data but it can be avoided by reviewing privacy settings and opting out of data sharing for AI training. One can also keep track of data download tools to see what information companies have collected.

There's a 13% chance that X will announce a policy of marking tweets as possibly AI generated before 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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