On Thursday, social media platform X agreed to suspend using personal data from European Union users for AI training, as revealed in an Irish court. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), the EU's chief regulator for major US tech firms due to their EU operations being based in Ireland, sought a court order to restrict X from processing user data for AI development. 

Judge Leonie Reynolds noted that X began using EU user data for AI training on May 7 and only provided an opt-out option from July 16, with the feature initially available to only some users. X's lawyer assured that data collected between May 7 and August 1 would not be used until the court decides on the DPC's order.

X plans to challenge the suspension order by September 4, arguing that the DPC's request is "unwarranted" and targets the platform unfairly. This move follows similar actions by other tech giants, with Meta and Google also making adjustments in response to regulatory concerns from the Irish DPC.