The European Commission’s latest Digital Omnibus package introduces a significant and much-debated idea: allowing AI training based on legitimate interest, under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, accompanied by a new Article 88c. The proposal formalises something many expected — that training AI systems or AI models on personal data may rely on legitimate interest as a legal basis.
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The Digital Package on Simplification, proposed by the European Commission, updates key EU laws — including the GDPR, the AI Act, the Data Act, the NIS2 Directive, and the ePrivacy Directive — to modernize and simplify the entire European digital regulatory framework.
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The European Commission’s proposal to codify legitimate interest as a legal basis for AI training marks the most significant reform to the GDPR since its adoption. By explicitly recognizing legitimate interest as legal basis for AI training, the Commission aims to reconcile data protection with the realities of modern artificial intelligence.
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The European Commission's GPAI guidelines under the AI Act are here—and they’re about to change how general-purpose AI models are developed, distributed, and regulated in the EU. If you work with large language models, generative AI systems, or provide AI tools to customers in the European Union, these guidelines define the rules you’ll need to follow from 2 August 2025.
