Personal info in AI privacy models threatens split in US, EU approach

Personal Info in AI Models Threatens Split in US, EU Approach

An international debate over the fate of a person’s data gobbled up in large language models has intensified after a German privacy regulator found that AI models don’t memorize personal information like names and birth dates.

Targeted Data: The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information determined that even though an AI system like a chatbot might be able to spit out personal data, the LLMs that power it don’t store the information. That’s because after an LLM is trained on data, it “lacks the necessary direct, ...