Irish DPC takes Twitter to court over using user data to train Grok AI
The Irish Data Protection Commission has initiated High Court proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company over concerns that the company is processing personal data of millions of European X users to train its Grok AI system without adequate consent. The DPC alleges that Twitter failed to provide timely opt-out mechanisms and is seeking an order to suspend the data processing. Twitter denies any wrongdoing.
- Organisation involved
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
- Product, system or model
- Grok
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