Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has amended its Starlink privacy policy to permit the use of customer data for artificial intelligence training, a shift that could bolster Elon Musk's AI ambitions. In the lead-up to a major IPO planned for later this year, SpaceX is engaged in merger discussions with Musk's AI company, xAI, a deal first reported by media on Thursday. Already the world's most valuable private company, SpaceX could achieve a post-IPO valuation exceeding $1 trillion. Starlink updated its global privacy policy on January 15. The revised policy includes new details stipulating that, unless users opt out, Starlink data may be utilized "to train our machine learning or artificial intelligence models" and could be shared with the company's service providers and "third-party collaborators," though it provides no further specifics. A previous version of the privacy policy, archived from November, shows no wording regarding the use of Starlink data for AI training.