Bluesky, a social network that’s experiencing a surge in users this week as users abandon X, says it has “no intention” of using user content to train generative AI tools. The social network made the announcement on the same day that X (formerly Twitter) is implementing its new terms of service that allow the platform to use public posts to train 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,” Bluesky said in a post on its app. “We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.”
The company went on to note that it uses AI internally to help with content moderation and that it also uses the technology in its “Discover” algorithmic feed. However, Bluesky says “none of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.”
Over on X, the Elon Musk-owned social network has detailed how posting on the platform grants the company license to “analyze text and other information you provide and to otherwise provide, promote, and improve the Services, including, for example, for use with and training of our machine learning and artificial intelligence models, whether generative or another type.”
Bluesky has seen an increase in users following the U.S. presidential election as X gains more of a right-wing approach, especially after Musk used the platform to campaign for president-elect Donald Trump.
The startup revealed on Thursday evening that over 1 million people signed up for the platform in the last 24 hours. Today, it has 17.14 million users as of the time of writing.
Despite the increase in users, it’s worth noting that Meta’s Threads is still the largest X competitor, as it has over 275 million monthly active users, and had 15 million new signups so far this month.