Google has finally released its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union, after previously delaying the launch due to privacy concerns. The company said that it has addressed the concerns of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is the lead regulator for Google’s data privacy practices in the EU. Bard can be considered Google’s […]
Artificial Intelligence

Insights from the BfDI on how to navigate Privacy Challenges in the Era of Generative AI
The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Germany, also known as BfDI (Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit), recently published an opinion on the topic of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). In a previous article, we discussed Generative AI, which refers to artificial intelligence applications capable of generating new content, rather […]

The Artificial Intelligence Revolution Taking the World by Storm – Are You Ready?
The term “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has many possible meanings, although a simple one defines it as the ability of a computer to perform tasks that have traditionally required human intelligence. AI has been a part of our lives for many years now as it is used in everyday consumer products such as spam filters for […]

ChatGPT temporarily banned by the Italian Garante
Following a data breach reported on March 20th by OpenAI, the US company that develops and manages the ChapGPT platform, the Italian Garante decided on Thursday March 31st to temporarily limit the processing of Italian users’ personal data by the platform. As a result of the Garante’s decision, the company has blocked ChatGPT in Italy […]

Synthetic data and data protection-related challenges
Synthetic data are information artificially generated by computer simulations or algorithms such as AI and ML tools, including ‚deep learning‘ methods. They are generated from real data with the goal to capture, represent and reproduce the characteristics, patterns, and structure observed in the authentic data. Although they are not real data, they allow the same […]
ChatGPT: Risks and challenges from a Data Privacy perspective
AI-powered chatbots are all the rage these days and ChatGPT is the biggest star. With more than 100 million monthly users just two months after its launch, it officially holds the record for the fastest-growing web platform in history, beating giants like Instagram and TikTok. The appeal of OpenAI’s ChatGPT is easy to understand. The […]