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Grok changed what its terms of service say
Grok (xAI) now says logged-in users “can select whether or not” User Content trains models; logged-out use “where permitted” grants “full rights” for training.
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Open Terms Archive changed how it captures this document around the same date. The reviewer checked that the wording itself changed.
What changed
Removed Added. Only the sentences about training are shown, not the whole document.
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License. You acknowledge and agree that we may use, display, modify, and redistribute Materials (a) to provide the Services to you and (b) to develop, train, test, improve and operate the Services (including our artificial intelligence and/or machine learning models).
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Electing whether your User Content is used for product development or model training. When logged into our Service, you can select whether or not you want us to use your User Content to improve our products and services and train our models. Private Chat and User Content that you request to be deleted will be queued for deletion, which may take up to 30 days. Where available, you may access our Service without logging in; when doing so, where permitted, you grant us full rights to use any data you provide to or obtain from our Service for product development and model training purposes. Further details are available in our Privacy Policy and Consumer FAQs.
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Trained On, "Grok changed what its terms of service say", first recorded 1 Aug 2025, https://trainedon.me/changes/2025-08-01-grok-terms-of-service. Derived from Open Terms Archive, ODC-By 1.0.
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Other Grok changes
- xAI's enterprise terms dropped automatic 30-day deletion of User Content and claimed ownership of de-identified data for any lawful purpose. Change of position · Grok, Commercial Terms
- Grok added a provision stating that it "shall not use any Google Apps content" connected via Google OAuth for "any of its internal AI or other training purposes." Scope change · Grok, Privacy Policy
- xAI dropped its limit on training "only with the Usage Data you voluntarily choose to provide to us." Change of position · Grok, Privacy Policy