Key Takeaways
- Twitter, now known as X, has updated its Terms of Service to make data sharing mandatory as of November 15.
- X quietly began toggling on a ‘Data Sharing’ option on accounts by default back in July.
- For the time being, you can disable sharing your data with X’s Grok AI by following the steps outlined below.
- The setting is currently accessible only via the web, and not through the iOS or Android mobile apps.
X — the social networking platform formerly known as Twitter — has silently updated its Terms of Service: as of November 15, you’ll no longer have the ability to opt-out of having your data used to help train its Grok AI model.
This development comes just a few months after the Elon Musk-owned microblogging site began automatically toggling on a Data Sharing setting across user accounts. While on, the setting allows your in-app data to be used to train the company’s in-house AI.
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Neither X nor Musk have issued any official statement regarding the change as of yet, but the information is spreading across the internet like wildfire.
“You agree that this license includes the right for us to (i) provide, promote, and improve the Services, including, for example, for use with and training of our machine learning and artificial intelligence models, whether generative or another type,” reads the updated Terms of Service document.
Back in July, it didn’t take long for people to notice the data sharing toggle and express initial concern over the apparent lack of transparency in the decision-making process.
The toggle itself reads, “Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning,” and it specifies that results may also be shared with the xAI service provider in the process.
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How to disable data sharing on X
The method is fairly straightforward, as long as you’re using a Mac or a PC
Thankfully, it’s fairly easy to make your way over to settings and disable the sharing of data, if you don’t want it to be used to train Grok AI. Less fortunately, it appears that the opt-out setting isn’t long for this world. For as long as the option is accessible, here’s how to access it.
To do so via the web, make sure you’re logged into your account and follow these steps:
- Click on the ellipsis (three dot) button on the left-hand sidebar.
- Click on Settings and privacy.
- Click on Privacy and safety within the settings menu.
- Click on Grok.
- Click on the check mark to toggle the setting off.
Alternatively, you can quickly access the Data Sharing setting by following this direct link.
It’s unlikely that we’ll see the option be added in any future mobile app updates, seeing as how the toggle is slated for removal in its entirety in November.
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