Social media platform X has suspended its use of European user data to train its artificial intelligence programme, according to a statement from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Thursday.
From 7 May to 1 August, Elon Musk’s microblogging site processed personal data from posts by users in Europe to train its AI 'Grok'. The Irish Watchdog sought legal action for violations of EU data protection rules.
The DPC welcomed X's decision to halt the use of user data in its statement to the press. European regulators will continue to assess the extent to which the data processing complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to DPC's Chairman Des Hogan.
In a statement released on Friday, X said it "will continue to work with the DPC on Grok and other AI-related issues, as we have been doing since last year."
In June, Meta had to suspend its own AI project following complaints in 11 European countries about the use of personal user data, filed by privacy NGO Noyb. The organisation accused Meta of intending to use "experimental AI technology" with all the data collected from its billions of users since 2007.
