DPC Probes Elon Musk's AI Tool for GDPR Breaches

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's AI tool, Grok, over potential violations of European data protection laws. The probe focuses on whether personal data from publicly accessible posts on Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, was lawfully used to train Grok's Large Language Models (LLMs). The inquiry will assess compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), specifically concerning transparency and the lawfulness of data processing. Previous breaches of GDPR have resulted in significant fines for tech companies like Meta. The DPC aims to determine if Grok's training data processing adheres to legal standards, a step taken under the Data Protection Act 2018. This investigation reflects broader concerns about privacy and data misuse in AI development.