Musk's other company, xAI, which aims to understand the universe, may use this data. Another possibility is that the data could be used for Musk's recently announced ambition to compete with LinkedIn. A third option could be selling the user data to generate revenue, a common practice in the social media industry, although there is no evidence to support this theory.
Key takeaways:
- The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is reportedly starting to collect biometric, job, and education data from its users, according to a new privacy policy.
- The collected data will be used to train AI models, with the company stating that it may use the information it collects and publicly available information to train its machine learning or artificial intelligence models.
- Elon Musk, the owner of the platform, has confirmed the change, stating that only publicly available information will be collected. Musk has also recently launched a company called xAI that aims to understand the nature of the universe and will work closely with the social media platform.
- There is speculation that the data could be used for Musk's ambitions to compete with LinkedIn, or potentially be sold for advertising purposes, although there is no concrete evidence for the latter.