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Google’s AI model faces probe over data use in EU
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The inquiry is “of crucial importance in ensuring that the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals are adequately protected,” the Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said.
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The inquiry will investigate the development of Google’s foundational AI modelImage: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/picture alliance
Irish regulator the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an inquiry into Google’s artificial intelligence development.
“The Data Protection Commission today announced that it has commenced a cross-border statutory inquiry into Google Ireland,” the DPC said in a statement.
“The statutory inquiry concerns the development of its foundational AI model,” adding the probe centers around “the question of whether Google has complied with any obligations that it may have had to undertake” under the European Union’s strict General Data Protection Regulation.
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This would have been “prior to engaging in the processing of the personal data” of EU citizens.
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