Elon Musk's X Faces Austrian Privacy Complaints Over AI Data Use for Grok

Aug 12, 2024, 05:50 PM

Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is facing privacy complaints in Europe after being accused of using users' personal data for AI training without consent. The complaints were filed by the Vienna-based privacy advocacy group NOYB in eight European countries, alleging that X violated EU privacy laws by unlawfully feeding personal data into its AI technology. The complaints aim to pressure the Irish Data Protection Commission to take action against X. An Austrian advocacy group highlighted that nine privacy complaints have been filed, specifically targeting the AI model Grok.