Irish Data Protection Probes Musk’s Grok AI Data Use

April 14, 2025, 12:21 pm

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has initiated an investigation into Musk’s X over allegations that its Grok AI system unlawfully used public posts from EU users to train its models without proper consent under GDPR. The probe centers on whether the automated data harvesting practices meet the legal transparency and consent requirements, reflecting broader regulatory scrutiny in the tech industry over ethical and lawful AI training methods. The inquiry aims to determine if the data usage framework of Grok breaches European privacy standards.

theregister.com / Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp

Watchdog wants to know whether EU posts were used without consent under GDPR Elon Musk's social media outfit X is again under the regulatory microscope in Europe – this time for allegedly using EU users' public posts to train its Grok AI chatbot, possibly without the transparency or legal basis...

the-decoder.com / Irish data protection authority investigates Grok again

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating whether X used personal data from EU users without valid consent to train its AI system Grok. The article Irish data protection authority investigates Grok again appeared first on THE DECODER.

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