DPC takes court action against Twitter over AI user data concerns

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DPC takes court action against Twitter over AI user data concerns
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Data regulator focused on company’s use of user data for its Grok AI tool

The DPC is concerned about how Twitter could be using EU user data for its Grok AI tool. Photograph: Gabby Jones/BloombergThe Data Protection Commission has launched High Court proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company over concerns about how the personal data of millions of European users of X, as the social network is now called, is being processed.

The DPC is further concerned about Twitter’s intention to launch the next version of Grok, which it is claimed has been trained using the personal data of EU/EEA users, sometime in August.Laura Whitmore ‘raised concerns’ about her Strictly experience in 2016. Why did the BBC not act on them?It is also claimed that Twitter International has refused requests from the DPC to cease processing the personal data in question or to defer the launch of the next edition of ‘Grok.

As a result, the DPC says that the matter is urgent and that it needs to act by way of court proceedings to protect data rights and freedoms as guaranteed under GDPR.

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