The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) of Brazil announced this Tuesday that it will summon representatives of the social network They allow user data to be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.
“If a risk of serious damage to the data protection or privacy of the interested parties is perceived, other measures may be taken,” the agency indicated in a statement collected by Agencia Brasil, in reference to the new policy that will come into force. on November 15 and which aims to train the Grok tool, created by the platform itself.
According to the government agency, since July it has been carrying out an investigation to evaluate compliance with the data law for the company’s Generative AI training. «The investigation focuses on the announced changes. To date, the company has responded to requests for information,” he indicated. The ANPD has not detailed the deadline for X to respond, but the lack of positioning could constitute an obstacle to the inspection, considered a “serious infraction.”
The social network has recently been blocked in the country after it was fined for refusing to comply with the order to eliminate profiles of those investigated for publishing messages considered antidemocratic. After paying 28.6 million reais (about 4.5 million euros) and closing the accounts of the investigated users, X has returned to operation in Brazil.
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