Change of position
Grok changed what its commercial terms say
xAI's enterprise terms dropped automatic 30-day deletion of User Content and claimed ownership of de-identified data for any lawful purpose.
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Removed Added. Only the sentences about training are shown, not the whole document.
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3. De-identified Data and Data Retention. xAI may create and use de-identified data related to Customer's use of the Services to improve xAI's products and services, to develop new products and services, and for its other business purposes (and such de-identified data will be owned by xAI). For clarity, subject to Section 3.2, xAI shall not use any User Content for any of its internal AI or other training purposes (such as training its machine learning models), including developing new products or services based on User Content. User Content is automatically deleted within 30 days, unless (a) xAI is legally required to retain it, or (b) it is flagged for safety, compliance, or moderation issues or as potentially violating this Agreement or the AUP.
After
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3. De-Identified Data and Data Retention. Except when Customer elects to use xAI's Zero Data Retention enabled APIs ("ZDR-Enabled API" or "ZDR"), xAI may create de-identified and/or aggregated data derived from Customer's use of the Services ("De-Identified Data"). xAI may use De-Identified Data for any lawful purpose, including maintaining or improving the Services, developing new features or products, conducting research, benchmarking, and other business purposes. xAI will own all right, title, and interest in the De-Identified Data and any derivative works thereof. For clarity, xAI shall not use any User Content to train any foundation models, large language models, or other artificial intelligence systems.
Other Grok changes
- 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
- 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. Change of position · Grok, Terms of Service