Topic: Artificial intelligence

Individuals have the right to receive meaningful information about solely automated decisions with significant effects under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This includes decisions that will impact an individual’s finances or employment.

The EU AI Act’s prohibitions came into effect on 2 February 2025 and carry fines of 7% worldwide annual turnover for non-compliance. The prohibitions at Article 5 and accompanying recitals (particularly recitals 28-44) set out a complex set of provisions.

The EU’s AI Act imposes extensive obligations on the development and use of AI.

The EU AI Act’s obligations begin to apply from 2 February. The first obligations to apply are the prohibitions, which ban the provision or use of AI in some scenarios. Fines are up to 7% of total worldwide annual turnover for non-compliance.

The final days of 2024 were very eventful in the world of AI and data protection: the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Article 64 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) opinion on training AI models using personal data (the EDPB Opinion).

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) was asked by the Irish supervisory authority to issue an Opinion under Article 64(2) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on AI models and processing personal data (the Opinion). The Opinion sets out the EDPB’s answers to the four questions the Irish supervisory authority put to it.

In recent years, rapid developments in AI systems and technologies have transformed AI from a futuristic concept into an integral part of business strategy. Companies across various industries are increasingly eager to incorporate AI into their operations, driven by the promise of enhanced efficiency and improved decision-making capabilities.

There has been a firestorm of activity in the move to address the growing use of data and our dependence on it in the digital economy. The ability to use and move data is fundamental to the way we use technology, cloud services, our exposure to privacy invasions and our vulnerability to cyber attack.

The legal industry is on the brink of transformation with the integration of Generative AI (GenAI). Understanding which AI solutions fit your practice is crucial to enhancing productivity.

AI adoption must now be on every board room and executive team’s agenda as an emerging area of risk and regulatory focus. This issue has been given further impetus by a number of key developments across Australia’s multi-jurisdictional landscape.