SAN FRANCISCO,19 May: A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service\u2019s data and demanded an audit from the software giant.
\nThe letter primarily addresses a seemingly narrow set of alleged infractions by Microsoft in drawing information from Twitter\u2019s database of tweets. But the move could foreshadow more serious developments. Musk has previously accused Microsoft and its partner OpenAI in a tweet of \u201cillegally\u201d using Twitter data to develop sophisticated AI systems such as ChatGPT.
\n\u201c Lawsuit time,\u201d Musk wrote in that April tweet.
\nBut the letter, signed by Musk lawyer Alex Spiro, tiptoed around that concern. It noted that Microsoft\u2019s agreement with Twitter barred it from overuse of the service\u2019s data such as exceeding \u201creasonable request volume\u201d or \u201cexcessive or abusive usage.\u201d Spiro then noted that \u201cdespite these limitations,\u201d Microsoft had retrieved more than 26 billion tweets in 2022 alone.
\nHe provided no context for those numbers. The process of training AI systems requires enormous amounts of data such as written text, which AI algorithms scour for patterns that the AI can use to make sense of language and large bodies of knowledge. AP<\/p>\n
In other respects, the letter primarily laid out a series of vaguely worded allegations. For instance, it noted that while Microsoft was required to inform Twitter about its intended use of the data, it failed to do so for six of the eight Microsoft apps that drew on information from the Twitter database.
\nSimilarly, the letter asserted that at least one Microsoft app had supplied Twitter data to a number of virtual locations that \u201creference a government entity or agency.\u201d That apparently violated Microsoft\u2019s agreement with Twitter, the letter stated, which prohibited the company from retrieving Twitter data \u201con behalf of \u2018any government-related entity\u2019\u201d without first notifying Twitter.
\nThe letter stated that Microsoft had failed to provide such notification.
\nMicrosoft spokesman Frank Shaw provided a statement noting that Microsoft will review questions raised by the letter and then will \u201crespond appropriately.\u201d The statement added that \u201cwe look forward to continuing our long term partnership\u201d with Twitter, which it did not refer to by name. Shaw declined to address specifics from the letter.
\nSpiro\u2019s letter demanded that Microsoft describe in detail the Twitter data it possesses or has previously destroyed, the purpose for each of its apps that drew on Twitter information, and any government entities that used these Microsoft apps and whether they received data from Twitter\u2019s database. AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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