July 27, 2024 21:32:00
It has become clear that X has begun collecting the content posted by X users and the content of conversations with Grok in order to improve the performance of its chat AI “Grok.” The X web app version has a setting to disable Grok’s learning, so we will summarize how to set it.
About Grok, X’s Humorous AI Search Assistant
https://help.x.com/en/using-x/about-grok
All X users can control whether their public posts can be used to train the AI search assistant Grok. This option is available in addition to the existing control over whether Grok-related interactions, inputs, and results are utilized. This setting…
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To disable Grok learning, first click on “More” in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Settings and Privacy.
When the Settings screen opens, click on “Privacy and Safety.”
Click Grok.
Uncheck “Allow Grok to use your interactions, inputs, and results for training and tuning in addition to posting” to complete the setting. At the time of writing, this setting is only available from the X web app, but in the future, the setting will be added to the X mobile app.
Please note that only public posts are used for training Grok, private posts (posts from your primary account) will not be used for training. To make your posts private, first click on “Privacy and Safety” in the Settings screen.
Then click on “Audience, Media, and Tagging.”
Click the “Make this post private” checkbox.
Click Make Private.
Once you check the checkbox, the setup is complete.