EU GDPR Change Allows AI Training on Personal Data Without Consent
EU governments approved a GDPR amendment making AI training a 'legitimate interest,' allowing companies to use Europeans' personal data without consent — drawing fierce criticism from privacy advocates including Max Schrems.
What we know
An account on X broke the news that EU governments have approved the GDPR change, though the EU Parliament must still sign off. The amendment creates a 'legitimate interest' carve-out for AI training, to be assessed case by case. Max Schrems labeled it 'digital expropriation of Europeans.' The post drew 1,064 likes and 34K views. This dovetails with the broader AI regulation conversation sparked by Anthropic's S-1 disclosures and the French government's separate push to allow social media blocking within 1 hour for content calling for 'insurrection' — another account on X (4,730 likes, 398K views).
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