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X is now facing a controversy regarding its Grok AI training, as about nine privacy complaints against the company have been filed in the European Union, claiming it used user data without consent.
The Elon Musk-owned company under the social media network had reportedly been scraping user data from the platform without asking for approval.
It is now targeting the company as well as Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), the watchdog behind X's compliance with the GDPR.
A privacy rights nonprofit organisation, noyb, has pushed for nine privacy complaints in the EU against Elon Musk's X Corporation for its alleged use of user data for training its renowned AI chatbot, Grok.
It was revealed that this was allegedly illegal access to user data as they were not asked for permission regarding their information and activity to be shared with the AI.
It was also revealed by noyb that it is denouncing the Irish DPC for its "half-hearted actions" in enforcing the EU's General Data Protection Regulation or the GDPR.
The nine complaints were filed with specific authorities in Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.
This came after a user on X spotted how the social media had already begun "data sharing" with Grok, centering on information like interactions, inputs, and results for training the chatbot.
It was revealed that X did not ask for any type of consent or permission from its users to use their data towards Grok's development.
It pointed out to X's Grok AI setting which users may opt out of, but it was turned on by default, and users who do not know any better, may not be able to navigate to this and turn it off.
Musk and X are now facing this privacy complaint in the EU, according to BBC with the Irish DPC also embroiled in the issue with its watch over the platform, for the unconsented access to user data for Grok's development.
