X Updates Privacy Policy To Allow User Data Sharing With Third-party
If you are an X user, a pop-up message may have informed you of a modification to its Terms of Service. An update that makes it possible to share user data with third-party “collaborators” for the purpose of training AI models is the subject of this change. Starting on November 15, this update is expected to take effect.
The actual improvement is obvious – client information is exceptionally desired by simulated intelligence firms since it tends to be utilized to prepare artificial intelligence models, permitting them to gain from the information and refine their dynamic cycles, hence going with additional exact and sound choices.
Additionally, this makes decisions and responses more “human-like,” which can be helpful when developing AI-powered chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT. According to the updated terms of X’s privacy policy, the social media platform is free to share user data unless the users specifically choose to opt-out of it.
A lot of AI and machine learning models rely heavily on data. If users do not opt out, this data may then be used for independent purposes, such as AI model training. According to the policy, “Third-party collaborators. We may share or disclose your information with third parties based on your settings or if you decide to share your data.
In the event that you don’t quit, in certain cases the beneficiaries of the data might involve it for their own free purposes notwithstanding those expressed in X’s Security Strategy, including, for instance, to prepare their computerized reasoning models, whether generative etc.”
This improvement proposes that the Elon Musk-claimed X is removing a page from Reddit’s book, as well as following the strides of FT, Le Monde and others in permitting information to outside parties like computer based intelligence organizations. A significant new revenue stream could be created and tapped into by X if it does begin licensing user data. The social media company will benefit from this, especially considering its recent difficulties with traditional advertising revenue.
X’s policy directs users to the Settings menu, but there is no clear indication of where they can disable data sharing for AI training purposes. Although this option is available, the specifics remain unclear. You can enable or disable data sharing with Grok, an AI chatbot developed by another Musk company, and with other “business partners,” if you go to the “Privacy and safety” section of Settings.
The former Twitter has revised its terms of service in addition to the revision of its privacy policy to impose harsher penalties on organizations that engage in “scraping” large volumes of tweets. A “liquidated damages” clause in the updated terms stipulates that organizations that access more than one million posts in a single day will be subject to a penalty of $15,000 per million posts accessed.
