Recently, the European Union's regulatory authorities announced an investigation into one of Google's artificial intelligence models, primarily due to concerns over its compliance with the EU's stringent data privacy regulations.
This announcement was made by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which has officially initiated an investigation into Google's Pathways Language Model 2 (also known as PaLM2). This move is part of a concerted effort by the EU's 27 member states to focus on how AI systems handle personal data.
Google's European headquarters is located in Dublin, so the Irish Data Protection Commission is responsible for regulating the company under the EU's privacy rules framework. The Commission stated that their investigation will focus on whether Google has adequately assessed whether the data processing activities of PaLM2 could pose a "high risk" to the rights and freedoms of EU residents.
PaLM2 is a large language model that contains vast amounts of data and is widely used to support a range of Google's generative AI services, including email summarization. Although Google has not yet commented on this matter, the move has drawn widespread attention from the public.
It is worth noting that earlier this month, Irish regulators took action against Elon Musk's social media platform X, forcing it to stop processing user data for the AI chatbot Grok. X was subsequently forced to take action after a court hearing.
Additionally, under pressure from Irish regulators, Meta has also paused plans to use content posted by European users to train its latest large language model. After close communication, Meta made this decision. Last year, Italy's data privacy regulator temporarily banned ChatGPT, requiring its developer, OpenAI, to meet a series of requirements to address privacy issues.
As artificial intelligence technology advances, the protection of personal data is increasingly being emphasized by regulatory authorities around the world, especially in regions like the EU where data privacy is highly valued.
Key Points:
1️⃣ The Irish Data Protection Commission is investigating Google's PaLM2 to ensure its data processing complies with regulations.
2️⃣ Google's AI services use PaLM2 for functions like email summarization, which involves a large amount of data.
3️⃣ EU regulatory authorities are strengthening their scrutiny of AI systems to safeguard user personal data security.
