- The DPC regulator said
- Google failed to provide supporting documentation
- Including an assessment of privacy measures
- Similar problems occurred with OpenAI in Italy
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has banned the release of an AI-based chatbot called Bard by Google in the EU. The regulator said it had not received a description, privacy measure assessment or other paperwork from the developer.
Google introduced the Bard AI chatbot back in February of this year. The service was soon released in the U.S., the U.K. and a number of other countries.
The chatbot was expected to launch in the EU this week. But the regulator intervened.. DPC is the primary controller for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) measures.
“We have been notified that Google plans to launch Bard AI in the EU this week. But the company failed to provide supporting documents,” Politico quoted the DPC as saying.
The commission demanded that Google immediately provide the necessary papers, but did not receive a response.. In this regard, the release of the service was postponed.
EU legislation in the context of AI is much stricter than in the U.S. or the UK. A prime example is the situation with ChatGPT in Italy. The chatbot was banned there, also because of privacy concerns.
For the sake of fairness, the restrictions were lifted on May 1. But this was done only after OpenAI provided all the necessary documentation.
We note that Google has not yet commented on the situation.