X faces new Irish privacy probe over EU user data in AI training
( April 11, 2025, 14:28 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Irish Data Protection Commission has launched a formal probe into whether X lawfully used publicly accessible posts by EU users to train its Grok AI models. Developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, Grok is a generative tool integrated into X. The probe will assess compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation's rules on lawfulness and transparency. It follows an agreement last year in which X pledged to stop using EU citizens' data for Grok’s training.Press release follows....
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