The United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have jointly signed the first legally binding AI treaty, the 'AI Framework Convention', aimed at ensuring that AI applications adhere to principles of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. The treaty requires signatory countries to follow principles that protect user data, respect the law, and operate transparently, implementing these principles through legislation and administrative measures. Although compliance with the treaty primarily relies on monitoring, and enforcement may be weak, it is seen as an important blueprint for countries to formulate AI laws. Currently, the US, EU, UK, and several other countries have signed, and the treaty will come into force in five...

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) faces privacy complaints from nine countries for using EU users' data without consent to train its AI chatbot Grok. The Irish Data Protection Commission expressed surprise at this behavior. Under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, companies must have legal grounds to process personal data or face hefty fines. Complaints indicate X processed data from about 60 million EU users without clear noti....

Recently, Meta's plan to use user data to train its artificial intelligence systems has sparked widespread public concern. This plan involves not only public data but also non-public user data. This move has been challenged under the UK's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), especially in complaints from the Open Rights Group.The organization has submitted a complaint to the UK Information Commissioner's Office, demanding an investigation into Meta's privacy policy. According to Meta, thes

Musk stated that X Company will not use any direct user information or private data to train AI models. Recently, X Company updated its privacy policy to mention the collection of biometric information from users. In response to user concerns, Musk clarified that the assertion that the updated privacy policy allows for data to train AI is incorrect. He emphasized that X Company will only use publicly available data and will not touch direct user information or private data. The new privacy policy of X Company is set to take effect at the end of September and has faced criticism from some users.