AI 101: What Are The Key Data Privacy Risks And Rewards For This New Tech?

This is the fifth article in our "AI 101" series, where the team at Lewis Silkin will unravel the legal issues involved in the development and use of AI text and image generation tools.

In the previous article of the series, we considered the regulatory framework for AI being proposed by the European Commission, and its impact. In this article we consider the key data protection issues with these new tools and what you need to think about when you use them in order to remain compliant.

Introduction

With the exponential growth of AI tools, including chatbots such as ChatGPT and Dall-e, eBay's Image Processing feature that allows users to remove distracting backgrounds in product photos, DeepMind's Alphafold revolutionising medical research and bioengineering through predicting protein folds, and AmazonGo streamlining our in-person grocery shopping more than ever, AI continues to spread steadily into all parts of our lives and amasses more data as it grows - is