[zitterbewegung]

That and the data that is a part of X can be used by the xAI team. I expect it will be in the TOS if it isn't there already.

"xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent."

[jsheard]

Weren't they already doing that? I recall before I bailed from X/Twitter they already added an AI training consent toggle, which silently defaulted to "I consent" for all existing users of course.

[palmotea]

> I recall before I bailed from X/Twitter they already added an AI training consent toggle, which silently defaulted to "I consent" for all existing users of course.

There's a solution for that: build a Twitter bot that posts strange things.

[jsheard]

Are the porn bots still around? Maybe they were the heroes we needed after all.

[sunaookami]

There is a setting (opt-out outside of EU, opt-in inside EU I think) that allows/forbids data sharing with X since Grok was released.

[phillipcarter]

Oh yes, you can definitely be reassured that Elon and his openai dropouts working at xAI will follow that one to the tee.

[jjfoooo4]

I don’t really see how X data, being riddled with spam and bots, is all that uniquely useful to an AI company. Even if it was, it’s not all that clear that access to data is a defensible moat.

[spiderfarmer]

I think any LLM that’s not trained on X data comes out ahead.

[javier2]

I suppose xAI could already use the data from X, but anyway. X is a cesspool of vile hate and bots. Why would you want to train a AI on that?

[quest88]

Why does that warrant an acquisition?

[zitterbewegung]

It doesn't actually looks like another financial shifting chairs on the deck due to the xAI valuation being extremely high.