Considering the EU's first guidance on AI data scraping

28/08/2024 | IAPP

In a blog article for the IAPP, Lokke Moerel and Marijn Storm at international law firm Morrison Foerster discuss the first EU guidance on the lawfulness of online data scraping under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for training artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) contained in the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ChatGPT Taskforce interim report in May. 

The authors argue that the report takes an unusually pro-innovation approach, indicating that LLM providers can rely on legitimate interest legal basis providing suitable safeguards to prevent privacy impacts for individuals.

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