Google’s AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdog

AP Business Writer

LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators say they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said Thursday it has opened an inquiry into Google’s Pathways Language Model 2, also known as PaLM2. It’s part of wider efforts to scrutinize how AI systems handle personal data. Google’s European headquarters are based in Dublin, so the Irish watchdog acts as the company’s lead regulator for the bloc’s privacy rulebook. The commission said its inquiry will examine whether Google has assessed whether PaLM2’s data processing would likely result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of people in the EU. Google said it would assist with the inquiry.