Hamburg privacy regulator drafts with OpenAI model as complaints rise 62%
· 2d ago · Originally reported by PPC Land
Hamburg's data protection authority is using an OpenAI GPT model to help draft letters, while complaints have risen 62%. The regulator considers outputs from the model likely not anonymous but cleared its use for Hamburg agencies via filters, raising questions over whether private deployers can apply the same EDPB reading.
Why it matters
A privacy watchdog using AI itself signals how regulators judge the legal risks of generative AI in practice, guidance that advertisers and ad tech firms deploying LLMs could lean on.
Explain it like I’m new here
The referee who makes the rules is now also playing the game — Hamburg's privacy office uses the same kind of AI chatbot it polices, with some safety filters attached.
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