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How to turn off X/Twitter Grok AI training & data sharing

The social media platform automatically opts-in users to allow Grok to be trained on their posts.

Sam Chandler

July 25, 2024 10:45 PM

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AI model training is absolutely everywhere and now X users (formerly Twitter) have discovered that Grok is allowed to access their posts for training purposes. This data sharing setting is automatically switched on. The good news is that you can turn off data sharing with Grok and even delete your conversation history with the AI.

How to turn off X/Twitter Grok AI training & data sharing

Data sharing with Grok is switched on automatically in X (formerly Twitter). To turn this off, you will need to dive into the privacy settings and locate the Grok section. Unfortunately, this option is not currently available on mobile devices:

1. Open the Settings in X
2. Select Privacy and safety
3. Scroll to Data sharing and personalization
4. Select Grok
5. Uncheck the box beside the Grok data sharing

The entire Grok data sharing permission reads as follows:

Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning. To continuously improve your experience, we may utilize your X posts as well as your user interactions, inputs and results with Grok for training and fine-tuning purposes. This also means that your interactions, inputs, and results may also be shared with our service provider xAI for these purposes.

You can learn more about Grok on the X support page dedicated to the AI. Take a look at our artificial intelligence page to read more about how your data is being used, what companies are investing in AI, and which companies are pushing back against the industry.

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