Twitter on Thursday accused Microsoft of breaking the social network’s rules for developers accessing the platform’s data, according to a copy of a letter seen by AFP.
The letter, signed by Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro and sent to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella, said Microsoft “may have been in violation of several provisions of the longstanding agreement.”
Microsoft blocked access to Twitter data in April, protesting non-payment of fees Musk demanded that developers pay for APIs (application programming interfaces) that engage with the platform, according to the letter.
Twitter called on Microsoft to identify all Twitter content that was under its control during the past two years; How it is stored and what has been done with it, according to the letter sent to Nadella.
Microsoft confirmed receiving a letter from a law firm representing Twitter with some questions about past use of its free Twitter API.
“We will review these questions and respond appropriately,” a Microsoft spokeswoman said in response to an AFP inquiry.
“We look forward to continuing our long-term partnership with the company.”
Twitter said in the letter that it is investigating whether Microsoft has exceeded “reasonable request volume” as an “abusive use”.
The letter states that Twitter wants the information by June 7.
comes on demand Elon Musk Developers look to generate revenue to pay for Twitter platform access that was free prior to the billionaire’s acquisition.
According to business documents, Musk is also out to compete with Microsoft and Google with his recently founded X.AI artificial intelligence corporation based in the US state of Nevada.
Musk fired off a tweet last month accusing Microsoft of illegally using Twitter data to train artificial intelligence, which read “time for a lawsuit.”
Big tech companies like Google, Meta and Microsoft have spent years working on AI systems – formerly known as machine learning or big data – to help with translation, search and targeted advertising.
Microsoft is investing billions of dollars in ChatGPT Creator OpenAI And put his technology to work in his Bing Internet search service.
Since taking over Twitter in late October, Musk has repeatedly courted controversy, sacking most of his staff, readjusting far-right data on the platform, suspending reporters and removing previously free Charging fees for services.
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