Bluesky announces that unlike X (formerly Twitter), it will not use posts to train AI

X updated its terms of use on November 15, 2024, clarifying that posts will be used for AI training, which has caused concern to spread in Japan, especially among illustrators. In response, rival SNS Bluesky stated that 'posts will not be used for AI training.'

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Bluesky updated its official account on November 16, 2024, to state its stance on AI and the handling of user data. The post is as follows:

'It's a new day at Bluesky, and growth shows no signs of stopping! Welcome! We'd like to share our stance on AI and user data.'

Another day at Bluesky, and it looks like growth is not slowing down! Welcome!

We'd like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:

— Bluesky ( @bsky.app ) November 16, 2024 2:17

'Many artists and creators call Bluesky home and we have heard their concerns about their data being used by other platforms for training. At Bluesky, we do not and have no intention of using your content to train our generative AI.'

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

— Bluesky ( @bsky.app ) November 16, 2024 2:17

'Bluesky uses AI internally to assist with content moderation, helping to triage posts and protect our human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in our Discover feed algorithms to deliver posts we think you'll like. None of these are generative AI systems trained on user content.'

Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you'd like.

None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.

— Bluesky ( @bsky.app ) November 16, 2024 2:17

On the other hand, in the section 'User Rights and Grant of Rights to Content' under '3. Content on the Service' of its Terms of Service, X clearly explains that it uses posts on X to train AI, stating, 'You agree that our use of the Service includes the right to analyze the text and other information provided by you and to otherwise provide, promote, and improve the Service (including for training our machine learning and artificial intelligence models, whether generative or otherwise).'

Bluesky reported that 'more than 1 million new users joined in a week' after Donald Trump was elected in the US presidential election, but Meta's Threads still has the most users as a competitor to X, according to technology media TechCrunch. Threads has more than 275 million monthly active users, and in November 2024, it gained 15 million new users at the time of writing.

Bluesky has gained 1 million users in one week, the number of users has exceeded 14.8 million - GIGAZINE