{"id":287110,"date":"2024-08-15T17:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=338617"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:03:38","slug":"x-formerly-twitter-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-with-your-data-if-you-reside-in-the-european-union-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/x-formerly-twitter-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-with-your-data-if-you-reside-in-the-european-union-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"X (formerly Twitter) will no longer train its AI with your data if you reside in the European Union&#8230; for now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong> has decided to suspend the use of European user data to train its artificial intelligence, <strong>Grok<\/strong>. The company has made this decision following complaints from 9 European countries (including Spain) to the <strong>Data Protection Commission of Ireland<\/strong> (DPC), which oversees the activity of large technology companies in the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a context of great control over AI companies, the DPC requested a few days ago the <strong>suspension of data processing activities by X to train its AI<\/strong>, alleging that the company did not obtain the express consent of users for such purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data collection process <strong>began on May 7, although the possibility of exclusion for users was not introduced until July 16<\/strong> and was not immediately available to everyone. Therefore, for a while, X used the data without the explicit consent of users, going against the requirements of the <strong>General Data Protection Regulation<\/strong> (GDPR) of the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/Elon-Musk-Twitter-120824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338384\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">X (formerly known as Twitter), under the leadership of <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, has stated that the data collected between May and August will not be used while the DPC order is being examined. The company has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalAffairs\/status\/1820957979111297059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">described<\/a> the measure as &#8216;<strong>unwarranted, overbroad and singles out X without any justification,&#8217;<\/strong> and has expressed concern that this could affect &#8216;the security of the platform&#8217; and its operations in the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it is not an isolated case precisely. Other tech giants, such as <strong>Meta<\/strong> and <strong>Google<\/strong>, are being subjected to similar scrutiny by regulatory authorities, and <strong>have taken measures to adjust their practices to European laws<\/strong>. These measures reflect a change in attitude from EU regulators, who are now taking a more active role in supervising the use of data by tech companies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X (formerly Twitter) has decided to suspend the use of European user data to train its artificial intelligence, Grok. The company has made this decision following complaints from 9 European countries (including Spain) to the Data Protection Commission of Ireland (DPC), which oversees the activity of large technology companies in the European Union. In a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/x-formerly-twitter-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-with-your-data-if-you-reside-in-the-european-union-for-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;X (formerly Twitter) will no longer train its AI with your data if you reside in the European Union&#8230; for now&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":287112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2358],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6771],"class_list":["post-287110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiontwitter","content-category-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311859,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287110\/revisions\/311859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287110"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=287110"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=287110"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=287110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}