Scope: GenerativeAI

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The Hamburg DPA aligns on tracking tokens and behavioral identification

Glad to see the Hamburg DPA going in a similar direction as what I was suggesting in the post below: tokens should not be viewed as personal data. Even at the level of the output, “the mere presence of plausible personal information in LLM output is not conclusive evidence that personal data has been memorized, […]

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Will AI replace junior lawyers or redefine the next generation of legal talent?

AI won’t replace you – a lawyer who uses it will” is quickly becoming a clich� � but what about junior lawyers and the next generation(s)? With the publication of the “Better Call GPT” study, I thought it would be good to finally publish (and update) an op-ed I have been mulling over since April […]

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Moving past the generative AI hype to focus on real governance and liability

Yes, GenerativeAI is what people are talking about. Yes, it presents specific risks (notably re disinformation). But from an aigovernance and liability perspective, the risks associated with predictive/discriminative AI are just as relevant. In her speech today re the State of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen said that we should “not underestimate the […]

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The compliance deadlines that matter before the AI Act takes full effect

This is not an AIAct post. Let’s not forget that before 2 August 2026 (the date that matters to most companies re that Act), there are already many other rules that apply – and have applied for some time – to all kinds of AI systems. For instance, data protection rules (such as the GDPR […]

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Has any court actually proven that LLMs always process personal data?

Controversial discussion-starter of the day: has any authority or court actually established that LLMs and other such models *do* involve the processing of personal data when they predict what might be a relevant next word/token/string of characters in a sequence, a next pixel in an image, etc.? I would love to see the reasoning. Not […]

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How modern corporate lawyers balance roles as AI advisors and technical users

Lawyers can both be AI advisors (legal implications) and users of machine learning / generativeai / applied statistics / … systems. Tomorrow we will be helping members of the Flemish Bar Association understand some of the key things to look out for and reflexes to have – both for themselves and for their own clients. […]

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The corporate obsession with appointing an executive Chief AI Officer

You’re a Chief AI Officer! And you! And you too!” – Recently, requiring AI officers has become all the rage. (Funnily enough, there were Chief Internet Officers at one point, and there may still be vestiges of the role of Chief Blockchain Officer in some places) In the US, the White House Office of Management […]

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Why tech developers and lawyers must identify the exact problem before adopting AI tools

As a Data/Tech lawyer and software developer, I love innovation. But I am also cautious about using solutions without first knowing which problem precisely they will solve – or using technology without first thinking about issues that may arise from their use. I have been helping companies on the use of artificialintelligence tools for several […]

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Why claims of 100% GDPR compliance for AI software are a myth

100% GDPR compliant” claims seem to have made a big comeback with the flurry of GenerativeAI tools being released*. As a reminder, claiming that a software solution is GDPR compliant is a marketing trick at best and misleading at worst. First, if you’re not sure what the sources are on which a particular AI system […]

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