The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has begun an investigation into the Grok artificial intelligence model on the X social media platform.
The inquiry will examine the processing of personal data in publicly accessible posts on X by EU users, for the purposes of training generative artificial intelligence models, in particular the Grok Large Language Models (LLMs).
The purpose of this inquiry is to determine whether this personal data was lawfully processed in order to train the Grok LLMs
A DPC statement said: “The inquiry will examine compliance with a range of key provisions of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), including about the lawfulness and transparency of the processing.”
Grok is the name of a group of AI models developed by xAI.
These models are used to power a generative AI querying tool, which is available on the X platform, owned by Elon Musk.
The DPC said: “The purpose of this inquiry is to determine whether this personal data was lawfully processed in order to train the Grok LLMs.”
