Irish DPC okays Meta's EU AI training plans

Irish DPC okays Meta's EU AI training plans

: Case in Germany could derail Zuck's plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn't over

Meta will use your data to train Meta AI – but it could be illegal!

Austrian activist group, None Of Your Business (NOYB) has sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter to stop the American tech giant from abusing its users in the EU for AI training due to noncompliance with the EU’s GDPR. If Meta continues, NOYB has warned that a European class action lawsuit will potentially be filed – and NOYB has one against Meta several times before. From the 27th of May, Meta will start using Facebook and Instagram data of EU cit…

Meta gets privacy watchdog’s green light to train AI on EU user data

Meta has received approval from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) to begin using data from users in the European Union for the development and training of its artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The green light from the DPC follows months of scrutiny and revisions by Meta, which was previously required to delay its AI rollout in Europe due to regulatory concerns around data usage and inadequate user consent. In response, Meta has adju…

The Irish Data Protection Authority has confirmed that Meta's approach is right, and the opposition is only limited.