This is an addendum to the previous post today. I couldn’t find what the Information Commissioner was doing about Musk’s apparent breach of data protection legislation by using Xitter users’ data for training his AI machine Grok without asking permission first, so I emailed their press office.
They have confirmed that they have taken this up with Xitter. A spokesperson for the Information Commissioner’s Office said:
We have been made aware of this development and are making enquiries with X. Platforms seeking to use their users’ data to train their AI foundation models must be transparent about their activities. They should take steps to proactively notify users well in advance of using data for these purposes, and provide people with ample time and simple processes to object to having their data used in this way.
So watch this space!