Musk confirmed the policy change, stating that only public data would be used, not private messages or data. He has previously accused other tech companies of using Twitter data to train their AI models and has even filed lawsuits against Microsoft and unknown entities for alleged illegal use of Twitter data. X has stopped responding to press requests with a poop emoji, a practice it had adopted after Musk's takeover, and now sends an auto-responder message instead.
Key takeaways:
- X's updated privacy policy now allows the company to collect biometric data, job and education history of its users, and use this information to train its machine learning and AI models.
- The policy change was spotted by Alex Ivanovs, who theorizes that X's owner Elon Musk may use this data for his other company, xAI, which is set to enter the AI market.
- Musk has confirmed the privacy policy change, clarifying that only public data will be used, not private messages or any other private information.
- Following Musk's takeover, X has stopped responding to press requests with a poop emoji and now sends an auto-responder message instead.