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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Elon Musk’s X under pressure from regulators over data harvesting for Grok AI

Pre-ticket boxes consenting to Grok AI use
X has automatically activated a setting that allows the company to train its Grok AI on users' posts. Photograph: Andre M Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Elon Musk’s X platform is under pressure from data regulators after it emerged that users are consenting to their posts being used to build artificial intelligence systems via a default setting on the app.

The UK and Irish data watchdogs said they have contacted X over the apparent attempt to gain user consent for data harvesting without them knowing about it.

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