This applied in particular to new technologies and was “of crucial importance in ensuring that the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals are adequately considered and protected,” the regulator said in a statement.
The assessment is being examined in the investigation.
A Google spokesperson said: “We take seriously our obligations under the GDPR and will work constructively with the DPC to answer their questions.”
This is the latest in a series of actions by the DPC against the Big Tech groups that are building large language models.
In June, Meta paused its plans to train its model Llama on public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram across Europe, following discussions with the Irish regulator. Meta subsequently limited the availability of some of its AI products to users in the region.
A month later, X users discovered that they were being “opted in” to having their posts to the site used to train systems on Elon Musk’s xAI startup.
The platform suspended its processing of several weeks’ worth of European user data that had been harvested to train its Grok AI model, following legal proceedings by the DPC. That was the first time that the regulator had used its powers to take such action against a tech firm.
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