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.

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[–] 27 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Guess the U.S. isn’t the only place where it works.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 days ago* (4 children)

    Only americans are surprised by this. GDPR is worthless, EU is a clown show, we didn't even vote for.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Nah. You sound like you have no clue what the EU is.

    This new AI regulation is bad, but the EU is the biggest consumer protection agency on the planet.

    If you didnt know this, dont comment about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    it's a bunch of fascists and US fascist bootlickers

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    You are confusing the EU with the EU Member States.

    The EU does not have decisive powers over any Member States army.

    They do regulatory work. Which has been great for consumers. This AI thing is a blow, I agree, but it doesnt wash out anything they did before that for the people.

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