AI: EU Member States approve “digital expropriation” of Europeans for AI companies
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On Wednesday, EU Member States passed a highly controversial change to the GDPR, creating massive loopholes for AI

On Wednesday, EU Member States approved a change to the GDPR that would put the profit-making interests of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX over European’s fundamental right to data protection. According to the approved text, processing personal data “in the context of AI” should automatically be lawful. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens “in the context” of AI. Schrems: “Under the agreed text, the profits of AI companies would typically trump European’s fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans.” All this is happening despite the key figures of AI corporations actively warning about the enormous risks associated with their own products.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    the Council (representing EU Member States) on Wednesday approved that companies should generally be permitted to do basically anything when using personal data “in the context of AI”. This means that the commercial interests of AI companies would generally trump the fundamental rights of users. This general allowance would also apply to people who have never been customers of an AI company and to data entered decades ago, for example in chats or on social media. All personal data that an AI company can somehow get its hands on would fall under the provision.

    Insanity