European Data Protection Board's Opinion On AI Models

Summary

On 17 December 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its opinion on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models (Opinion).

The Opinion comes as a response to the Irish supervisory authority's (Irish SA) request. The Irish SA's request made to the EDPB was prompted due to the current lack of harmonisation amongst supervisory authorities when it comes to assessing AI models and addresses key components of an AI model such as training, updating, developing and the operation of AI models where personal data is part of the dataset.

The Irish SA posed four specific questions as part of the request which covers: