Staying Compliant In A Digital World: Why Companies Should Take Note Of AI

In an era of rapid technological advancement, businesses face an ever-evolving regulatory landscape.

The GDPR established a high legal standard which already affects AI systems processing personal data and could soon be expanded by the AI Act. The latter sets out specific restrictions and security measures for AI systems and prohibits some particularly harmful ones. So, while the GDPR enshrines a general principle of prohibition that allows data processing only on limited grounds of allowances, the AI Act establishes a horizontal regulation. In contrast to the GDPR, unlike the processing of personal data, the placing on the market, commissioning and use of most AI systems is not generally prohibited but regulated.