On Wednesday, social community X, previously known as Twitter, sent a notice indicating that it may allow third-party “collaborators” to train their AI models on X data unless users opt out. As Elon Musk’s company trained AI systems on consumer data, a regulatory investigation was sparked by the EU’s privacy authority, yet the firm had not updated its policy to indicate that the same information could also be used by external parties.
The notion that X, akin to others in the industry, is endeavouring to leverage licensing expertise for AI companies, potentially generating a lucrative new revenue stream.
Here is the rewritten text:
In Part 3 of our updated Privacy Policy, entitled “Sharing Data,” we have added a new paragraph that explains how your personal information may be used, as well as provides you with the option to opt-out.
It reads:
While the website’s coverage details are provided, there is a lack of clarity regarding where customers can access the settings to opt-out of data sharing, potentially leaving users uncertain about how to exercise this option. Currently, the “Privacy and Security” section in settings permits users to toggle data sharing on or off for integration with xAI’s Grok and specific enterprise partners, but not other AI providers; the latter is described as firms that X might collaborate with to develop and refine its products.
The update in privacy policy will take effect on November 15, allowing users to opt out thereafter. (We hope.)
Here is the improved text in a different style: As part of its data retention policies, the corporate no longer keeps consumer profiles and content material throughout the entire account lifecycle. Additionally, it does not retain personally identifiable information accumulated during service usage for more than 18 months.
As a substitute, the brand new part clarifies: We will retain “various types of data” for varying periods, dependent on retention requirements to provide services, comply with legal necessities and ensure security. For instance, we store utilization data like published content and interactions for as long as your account remains active or until said content is deleted.
The revised text is: The additional coverage also reminds customers that publicly available content may still exist elsewhere, even after removal from X. The retention of users’ information might be a subject of concern, as X notes that search engines and other third-party services may retain copies of posts for an indeterminate period, governed by their respective privacy policies, even if the content is deleted or expires on X.
X has unilaterally appended a novel “Liquidated Damages” provision to its latest terms of service, asserting that any collective entity that scrapes its content may be liable for damages. Particularly, for requesting, viewing or accessing more than one million combined posts (including replies, videos, pictures and all other forms of content) within a 24-hour period, X specifies that the group may incur a charge of $15,000 USD per million posts.
As advertisers seek innovative ways to fund their campaigns, the company is compelled to adopt modern payment methods to sustain its operations?
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