X to allow third parties to train their AI models with social media users' data
Elon Musk's social media mouthpiece X (formerly known as Twitter) has updated its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to direct disputes to a federal court in Texas and allow third parties to train AIs on user posts.
The updates will allow "third-party collaborators" access to user data, although it appears there will be some form of opt-out added. The specific paragraph reads:
Depending on your settings, or if you decide to share your data, we may share or disclose your information with third parties. If you do not opt out, in some instances the recipients of the information may use it for their own independent purposes in addition to those stated in X's Privacy Policy, including, for example, to train their artificial intelligence models, whether generative or otherwise.
The policy does not clarify the setting for opting out of data slurping. There is an option for data sharing with business partners, but this seems more about advertising than anything else. No doubt there'll be something specific before long, which is opt out by default.
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