Link: https://noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-member-states-approve-digital-expropriation-europeans-ai-companies

On Wednesday, EU Member States approved a change to the GDPR that would put the profit-making interests of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX over European's fundamental right to data protection. According to the approved text, processing personal data “in the context of AI” should automatically be lawful. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens “in the context” of AI. Schrems: “Under the agreed text, the profits of AI companies would typically trump European’s fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans.” All this is happening despite the key figures of AI corporations actively warning about the enormous risks associated with their own products.

And the parliament has to vote against it, and I'm betting they'll then have to do that again and again ad nauseam, same as with chat control...

Many people shit on the EU as if it's undemocratic, but it's always the national govs of member states pushing for this kind of shit. It's usually the EP that puts a stop to it.

"I can do this all day." - EP

the eu is a neoliberal project and always has been. two things can be true.