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.

POLITICO
Civil society decries digital rights ‘rollback' as European Commission pushes data protection changes

A coalition of 127 civil society groups and trade unions is pushing back on the European Commission’s reported changes to laws protecting citizens' data privacy and regulating how artificial intelligence can harness personal information.

The EU is set to announce on Wednesday it has given in to US lobbying and will allow firms to train AI on customer data, amongst other things. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251115-eu-bows-to-pressure-on-loosening-ai-privacy-rules
EU bows to pressure on loosening AI, privacy rules

The European Union is set next week to kickstart a rollback of landmark rules on artificial intelligence and data protection that face powerful pushback on both sides of the Atlantic.

FRANCE 24
@GossiTheDog Who will be fined for the inevitable data breach when the guardrails don't work?