Social community X has modified its developer settlement to stop third events from utilizing the platform’s content material to coach giant language fashions.

In an replace on Wednesday, the corporate added a line beneath “Reverse Engineering and different Restrictions,” a subsection of restrictions on use: “You shall not and also you shall not try and (or permit others to) […] use the X API or X Content material to fine-tune or prepare a basis or frontier mannequin,” it reads.

This alteration comes after Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI acquired X in March — understandably, xAI wouldn’t need to give its rivals free entry to the social platform’s knowledge with out a sale settlement.

In 2023, X modified its privateness coverage to use public data on its site to train AI models. Final October, it made additional adjustments to permit third parties to train their models.

Reddit has additionally put in place safeguards against AI crawlers, and final month, The Browser Firm added a similar clause to its AI-focused browser Dia’s phrases of use.