Google's lead EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry on Thursday into whether the search engine giant adequately protected European Union users' personal data before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.

European Union regulators say they’re looking into one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules

It’s happening again—after EU privacy authorities brought the European rollout of Meta AI to a screeching halt and forced X to stop training its Grok chatbot on European users’ data, they’re now also investigating Google over its AI practices.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into Google's Pathways Language Model 2, also known as PaLM2. It's part of wider efforts, including by other national watchdogs across the 27-nation bloc,

Google is under investigation by Europe’s privacy watchdog over its processing of personal data in the development of one of its artificial intelligence models, as regulators ramp up their scrutiny of Big Tech’s AI ambitions.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission is launching an inquiry into Google's Pathways Language Model 2, after the regulator took wins against Meta and X.