Irish regulator investigates X over use of EU personal data to train Grok AI

The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC), acting on behalf of the European Union, opened an investigation on Friday into the use of personal data by the social network X, owned by Elon Musk, to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models, in particular Grok.

The DPC in Ireland has launched an investigation against the online service X for the use of personal data to train new AI models.

Elon Musk’s X is under investigation by Ireland’s privacy watchdog over its use of personal data to train Grok AI

Ireland's data privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk's X over its use of personal data to train his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.

EU to probe use of personal data by X's AI chatbot

Ireland's data protection watchdog, acting on behalf of the European Union, launched an inquiry on Friday into the use of personal data posted on Elon Musk's social media platform by EU users, to train its AI chatbot, Grok.

Irish privacy watchdog investigates Elon Musk's X's use of personal data

London: Ireland’s data privacy watchdog said Friday it’s investigating Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its use of personal data to train his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. The Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into “the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts” that European users posted on X. “The purpose of this inquiry is to determine whether this personal data was lawfully proc…

EU regulator probes Elon Musk's X over AI training data use

In January 2025, Brussels ordered X to provide internal documentation on recent changes to its recommender systems, amid concerns about the amplification of far-right content ahead of key European elections.