Canada opens investigation into X's use of personal data to train AI models
Canada's privacy regulator has opened an investigation into X's use of Canadians' personal data to train its Grok artificial intelligence models, following a complaint about the platform's compliance with federal privacy law.
What happened
Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner opened an investigation into X following a complaint about the platform's use of Canadians' personal data to train artificial intelligence models.
The investigation will focus on X's compliance with federal privacy law regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information to train AI models. X is owned by billionaire Elon Musk and operates the Grok chatbot through its subsidiary xAI, which recently released Grok-3 to Premium+ subscribers.
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