2024-08-12 07:43:54
Elon Musk’s social network is also the focus of criticism for the way it deals with the information of its users to build its artificial intelligence (AI). This Monday, the Austrian organization NOYB (Acronym for ‘None of your business’, not your business in English) has submitted its complaints against X to the data centers of nine EU countries. In fact, yes Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Ireland. The latter last week brought legal action against X for its data collection practices to improve its AI, Grok.
However, NOYB believes that the Irish Data Protection Commission is not strong enough with its complaint, and does not go “to the heart of the problem.” “In recent years we have seen countless cases of ineffective and partial enforcement by Irish industry. “We want to ensure that Twitter is fully compliant with EU law,” Max Schrems, president of NOYB, explained in a statement.
Although the Irish agency has agreed with those from the EU users are separated from those from abroad. Your goal is to keep pressing on “At the very least, users’ permission is required”.
Until now, there was a hide the option within the profile settings to withdraw from the study, but it starts automatically for all X users in short, you can stop participating, do not decide not to participate from the beginning. We never tell you that your personal data will be used in Grok. Everything exploded when on July 26, an anonymous user warned in a message about how to activate this function.
Twitter just activates a system by default for everyone that gives them the right to use your data to train grk. They never announced it. You can remove this using the website but it is hidden. You cannot activate it using the mobile app
Direct link: pic.twitter.com/LqiO0tyvZG
– Kimmy Bestie of Bunzy, CEO of Execubetch™️ (@EasyBakedOven) July 26, 2024
So far, X has used the data of more than 60 million European users, according to Noyb. All this between May 7 and August 1. Once used and ingested by Grok, there is no procedure for the system to discard or stop using them. Because of this, the Austrian group has requested an “urgent procedure” against X to allow the involvement of the data protection authorities in these nine European countries.
Meta has already stopped training his AI
Last June, Meta already tried to use the data of European Facebook and Instagram users train “new AI jobs”. Although the technology giant informed users through a notification, the process to resist being a ‘guinea pig’ is very complicated. Pressure again from the Austrian company forced the company to stop its activities.
The group said it discovered that Meta plans to use all public and non-public user data it has collected since 2007 for AI technology. Through complaints, the group asked the data protection authorities of 11 European countries to suspend Meta’s new privacy policy before it goes into effect at the end of May and to investigate it properly.
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