More and more AI models are being developed and X has now also started training their own AI model Grok. For this X uses posts and old tweets to train their Artificial Intelligence program, you can disable this.
We understand that not everyone is eager to have their posts used to train an artificial intelligence. Although X promises that no personal data will be processed, it is not a pleasant thought that your posts will be used for this purpose. For this reason, you can block access to your posts.
X is working on AI chatbot Grok
Grok is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAIIt is based on a large language model (LLM) and was developed at the initiative of Elon Musk in direct response to the rapid rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The chatbot is advertised as having a “sense of humor” and direct access to X. The chatbot is trained on old tweets and posts among other things and is currently in beta testing and is available with X Premium.
Disable use of posts to train Grok
- Open the X website in your browser
- Log in with your account
- Click on the three dots to open the menu
- Select ‘Settings and privacy’
- Go to ‘Privacy and security’
- Click on ‘Grok’
- Stop sharing your data by unchecking the option
In more detail: Uncheck the option ‘Allow your posts and interactions, input and results from Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning’. Optionally also click on ‘Delete conversation history’, however this is only relevant if you have already used the AI ​​chatbot.
Training AI chatbot
Using your posts and tweets to train the AI ​​model was automatically enabled, and X also quietly implemented it without actively alerting users. X gives the following explanation for why they like to use your posts: ‘To continually improve your experience, we may use your posts on X and your user interactions, inputs, and results from Grok for training and fine-tuning. This also means that your interactions, inputs, and results may be shared with our service provider xAI for these purposes.‘ You can read more about this here here back.