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UK privacy watchdog secures data protection commitments from 10 AI companies
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has secured data protection commitments from 10 major AI companies.
They include Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Cohere, DeepSeek, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Stability AI.
The companies have agreed to improve transparency, strengthen ways for users to exercise their rights and assess safeguards more rigorously.
The commitments follow an ICO report calling for clear policies and a lawful basis for using personal data to train AI models.
The regulator is also seeking evidence on data protection risks as AI systems become more autonomous.
It has opened an investigation into X.AI LLC over its Grok system and its potential to generate harmful content.
The ICO says AI autonomy does not reduce companies' data protection duties, and it is seeking public input on how risks are managed.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office secured data protection commitments from 10 major AI companies.
The companies agreed to improve transparency, strengthen user rights mechanisms and conduct more rigorous safeguard assessments.
The commitments address concerns about personal data being processed to train AI models.
The ICO is also seeking evidence on data protection risks from agentic AI.
The regulator has opened investigations into X.AI LLC over its Grok AI system and its potential to generate harmful content.
- Who
- The UK's Information Commissioner's Office and 10 AI companies: Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Cohere, DeepSeek, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Stability AI.
- What
- The companies committed to improve data protection policies. The ICO also launched a call for evidence on agentic AI and opened investigations into X.AI LLC.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- The United Kingdom.
- Why
- To address concerns about personal data used to train AI models and data protection risks as AI systems become more autonomous.
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No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
An ICO report highlighted the need for clear data protection policies and lawful bases for processing personal data in AI training.
Ten AI companies agreed to improve transparency, strengthen user rights mechanisms and conduct more rigorous safeguard assessments.
The ICO launched a call for evidence on agentic AI and opened investigations into X.AI LLC concerning Grok.
- Companies
- 10
- Companies named
- Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Cohere, DeepSeek, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Stability AI
- Regulator
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- AI system under investigation
- Grok, operated by X.AI LLC
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