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 Brussels has had a money problem for ages now, not to mention it lacks a government so corpos run wild.
@keremanjaro @GossiTheDog This is "Brussels" as in "The European Commission" (I hate that use of "Brussels" tbh), it has nothing to do (politically or in terms of budget) with Brussels the Belgian Region?

@yhancik @GossiTheDog ah. I did not expect that kind of usage. Yeah in that case you have a good point.

Then again, makes me wonder why they suddenly bit the bullet on this one.

@keremanjaro @GossiTheDog they're not known to consistently offer resistance to lobbying. It's a wonder GDPR actually happened.

And we know there definitely is lobbying from the tech industry on easing EU regulations 👇