Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Friday (April 13th) that it has filed a complaint against Elon Musk's social media platform X The company opened an investigation due to the alleged use of a program from theEuropePersonal data collected from users to train its AI chatbot Grok.
According to Reuters,DPC to Investigate How Company X Processes Personal Data Involved in Public Posts by European Users for Use in Training Generative AI ModelsAs an influential privacy regulator in the EU, the DPC has previously fined Microsoft, TikTok and Meta. As an influential privacy regulator in the European Union, the DPC has previously issued fines to companies such as Microsoft, TikTok and Meta, with the total amount of fines imposed on Meta amounting to nearly 3 billion euros (IT home note: the current exchange rate is about 24.812 billion yuan).
In 2024, Company X shared user data with Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, for the purpose of training Grok without explicitly informing the users. last month, Musk announced that xAI has acquired Company X.
Under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies must have a lawful basis for processing personal data, theAnd the Irish Data Protection Commission has the power to fine non-compliant companies up to 4% of their global revenues.. The investigation comes after the DPC attempted last year to restrict Company X's processing of European user data for AI training purposes through a court order.
