AI companies have managed to persuade the EU they need to cut GDPR up. https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-knifes-privacy-to-feed-the-ai-boom-gdpr-digital-omnibus/
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom

Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.

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@GossiTheDog the answer is always: money
@moritzdietz @GossiTheDog No, the specific answer (which I'm finding is the answer to everything these days) is "rich people not paying their taxes". Because once you let them get away with that social duty, they just want more and more and more and more – and we've already demonstrated that the rules don't apply to them.