Data protection: X network required to clarify AI platform

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has announced that it will summon representatives from the X network to clarify the implications of recent changes to the platform's terms of use regarding users' data.

The alert was issued because content posted by users on the X social network will be utilized to train Grok, the generative artificial intelligence developed by the platform.

In an update to its privacy policy effective November 15, the company announced plans to share user data and posts to "train" its artificial intelligence. The ANPD stated in a release to Agência Brasil, “If a risk of significant harm to data protection or the privacy of individuals is identified, additional measures may be implemented.”

Investigation

The ANPD reports that since July of this year, it has been investigating X Corp's compliance with the General Data Protection Law regarding the training of its generative AI.

“The investigation, aligned with the ANPD's responsibilities, centers on the recently announced changes to the privacy policy. To date, the company has responded to requests for information,” he explained in a statement.

Interactions

On the technology's announcement page, the network describes Grok-2 as a cutting-edge language model featuring “next-generation” reasoning capabilities, enabling AI tutors to engage in various tasks that reflect real-world interactions with technology.

“Grok-2 demonstrates significant improvements in reasoning with retrieved content and its tool usage capabilities, including accurately identifying missing information, reasoning through sequences of events, and filtering out irrelevant posts,” the network notes.