DPC AI Insights Report: Key Takeaways

On 24 September 2026, the Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) published its report on Responsible Artificial Intelligence Innovation (the “Report”). The Report provides an insight into the DPC’s supervisory engagement with organisations developing and deploying artificial intelligence (“AI”) products and services in the EU between 2021 and 2025.

While AI impacts on all sectors, the Report focuses on DPC engagements with the large multinational tech companies based in Ireland. The DPC is in a unique position in Europe given its role as Lead Supervisory Authority (“LSA”) for many of the world’s largest technology companies with European headquarters located in Ireland.

The DPC reports a tenfold increase in AI-related supervisory engagements with large technology controllers during 2021-2025, driven in part by the rapid development of generative AI. In fact, by 2025, 1 out of every 4 DPC supervision engagements with large technology controllers were AI-related.