Exploring AI hallucinations through the lens of GDPR, this article focuses on the regulatory challenges, key DPA perspectives, and industry measures to balance innovation and data protection.

In October 2024 the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IECWG) from the Global Privacy Agency(GPA) issued a Concluding Joint Statement on data scraping and the protection of privacy. It completes the Initial Joint Statement on data scraping and the protection of privacy published in August 2023. It contains three objectives: firstly, to outline the key privacy risks associated with data scraping; secondly, to set out how Social Media Companies (SMCs) and other organisations should protect individual personal information; and thirdly, to set out measures that individuals can take to protect their personal data. 

The European Commission’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) office has initiated a targeted consultation with stakeholders on guidelines for defining AI systems and applying prohibitions on certain high-risk AI practices, as outlined in the EU AI Act. This consultation represents a significant step in preparing for the implementation of these provisions, which will come into effect on 2 February 2025, six months after the AI Act’s entry into force. The guidelines are expected to be finalised and published in early 2025, providing practical assistance to businesses, regulators, and other stakeholders in meeting their obligations under the Act.

As the EDPB works intensively to draft the Article 64(2) GDPR Opinion — requested by the Irish DPC and relating to AI models — we are pleased to share with all interested stakeholders  the video of the workshop we organized on this topic during the CPDPInternational Conference on 22 May 2024.

The Chair AI-Regulation announces the participation of its two research fellows, Cornelia Kutterer and Dr. Theodoros Karathanasis, as plenary experts to the European Commission (EC) consultation on a Code of Practice (CoP) for providers of General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) models. 

The Chair AI Regulation (MIAI) shares the article recently published in the Computer Law Review (CRi) by its research fellow, Dr. Theodoros Karathanasis, on the global outreach of the European Union AI Act’s norms.

The Chair AI Regulation (MIAI) shares the two first interim notes published on the 25 June and the 2 October 2024 by the French and independent think tank, Renaissance Numerique. The interim notes are based on the discussions held during the AI Dialogues, launched by Renaissance Numerique on 5 April, to which the Chair AI Regulation (MIAI) contributes as an academic partner.

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On June 6, 2024, the European Center for Digital Rights (Noyb) filed a complaint to 11 European Data Protection Authorities (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Spain) about Meta’s intention to change its privacy policy regarding, among other things, the use of personal data to train its current and future Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies.

On June 10th, 2024, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) began a publication consultation on a second series of seven practical information sheets seeking to provide legal certainty for developers of AI systems by anticipating the relationship between the EU AI Act and the GDPR.

This article delineates the AI incident notification rules within the AI Act, illustrating a two-stage incident notification procedure. Key issues include the challenge of uniformly assessing the threshold for serious incidents, particularly for high-risk AI systems.

Nous publions aujourd’hui un pdf en français avec une table des matières interactive permettant de naviguer facilement dans le texte final du Règlement européen sur l’IA.